MRI lower back without contrast at Bethesda Hospital East. CPT 72148.
What Bethesda Hospital East publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated March 30, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$3,775cash price (self-pay)
$5,808list price
$75.98–$5,808range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Amerigroup | Amerigroup | $152 |
| Medicaid | Simplyhlth Md HMO Nc | $152 |
| Aetna | Aetna Better Health Healthy Kids | $160 |
| Aetna | Aetna Better Health Medicaid | $160 |
| Medicaid | Prestige Md HMO Nc | $167 |
| Blue Cross | BCBS Medicare PPO | $249 |
| Leon Medical | Leon Health Mc HMO | $249 |
| Leon Medical | Leon Med Mc HMO Nc | $249 |
| Medica Health Plan | Medica Mcr HMO | $249 |
| Medicare | Simplyhlth Mc HMO Nc | $249 |
| Medicare Managed Care | Doctors Healthcare Mc HMO | $249 |
| Humana | Careplus Mc HMO | $259 |
| Humana | Humana Medicare | $259 |
| Cigna | Cigna Medicare Advantage | $262 |
| Avmed | Avmed Medicare | $274 |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $279 |
| Medicare Managed Care | Prominence | $321 |
| Medicare | Devoted Health Mc HMO | $336 |
| Cigna | Cigna Connect Network Exchange | $886 |
| Cigna | Cigna HMO | $886 |
| Cigna | Cigna PPO | $886 |
| Blue Cross | BCBS FL Simplyblue HMO | $1,118 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Care HMO | $1,152 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Select | $1,152 |
| Blue Cross | My Blue Ex | $1,152 |
| Blue Cross | BCBS Networkblue | $1,259 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross | $1,426 |
| Blue Cross | BCBS Phs Cah | $1,552 |
| Aetna | Aetna HMO | $1,638 |
| Aetna | Aetna Tier 2 | $1,638 |
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