MRI lower back without contrast at Whittier Hospital Medical Center. CPT 72148.
What Whittier Hospital Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated March 17, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$529cash price (self-pay)
$5,883list price
$53.56–$5,883range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Healthy Family | $53.56 |
| Alliance Imaging | Alliance Imaging | $75.00 |
| Alta Med Health Network | Alta Med Health Network Healthy Fam | $186 |
| Alta Med Health Network | Alta Med Health Network Medi-Cal | $186 |
| AltaMed Health Services Corporation | AltaMed Buenacare Medi-Cal | $186 |
| Beverly Hospital | BEVERLY HOSPITAL MCL | $186 |
| Emanate Health | Emanate Health Medi-Cal | $186 |
| Blue Cross of California | Blue Cross of California Care Medi Cal HMO | $235 |
| AIDS Healthcare Foundation | AIDS Healthcare Foundation/Positive Healt | $244 |
| CalOptima | CalOptima | $260 |
| CalOptima | CalOptima Medi-Cal Expansion Program | $260 |
| AHMC Medi-Cal Reciprocity Agreement | AHMC Medi-Cal Reciprocity Agreem | $451 |
| AHMC Reciprocity | AHMC Reciprocity Agreement Commercial | $451 |
| AHMC Reciprocity | AHMC Reciprocity Agreement Senior | $451 |
| Aetna Health of California | Aetna | $472 |
| AppleCare Medical Group | AppleCare Medical Grp Comm/SR Ancillary | $600 |
| Cost Containment | Cost Containment Strategies | $600 |
| Davita Healthcare Partners | Davita HealthCare Partners Commercial | $771 |
| Davita Healthcare Partners | Davita HealthCare Partners Senior | $771 |
| Avanti | Avanti Medi-cal | $826 |
| Care First Health Plan | Care First Health Plan Medi Cal | $826 |
| County of Los Angeles Dept of Health Services | County of Los Angeles | $826 |
| Allied Physicians IPA | Allied Physicians IPA HMO | $1,100 |
| Allied Physicians IPA | Allied Physicians IPA Medi-Cal | $1,100 |
| AHMC Reciprocity Agreement Senior/Commercial | AHMC Reciprocity Agreem | $1,500 |
| Cigna Healthcare | Cigna HMO/PPO/Open Access/Network | $1,940 |
| Care 1st Health Plan | BLUE SHIELD PROMISE HEALTH PLAN MCAL | $2,100 |
| Blue Shield of California/UHC | Blue Shield/UHC | $2,100 |
| Great-West HealthCare of California | Great-West Non PPO | $2,500 |
| Aetna Health of California | Aetna Health Fund | $2,640 |
Inpatient
$1,059cash price (self-pay)
$5,883list price
$588–$5,883range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Physician Healthways | Physician Healthways Medi-Cal Ancillary | $588 |
| Wear and Wood | Wear and Wood WC | $1,765 |
| Blue Cross of California | Blue Cross of CA Out of State | $2,942 |
| Blue Shield of California | Blue Shield HMO Reciprocity | $2,942 |
| FMC Los Angeles County | FMC Los Angeles County EPO | $4,412 |
| Interplan Corporation | Interplan PPO | $4,412 |
| Multiplan | Multiplan | $5,001 |
| Commercial Non Contract | Commercial Non Contract | $5,883 |
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