MRI lower back without contrast at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas. CPT 72148.
What Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated April 1, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$100cash price (self-pay)
$1,606list price
$60.78–$2,703range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| United Healthcare Community Plan | All KS Medicaid Plans | $99.17 |
| Healthy Blue | All KS Medicaid Plans | $106 |
| Sunflower Health Plan | All KS Medicaid Plans | $109 |
| United Healthcare Community Plan | All MO Medicaid Plans | $136 |
| Home State Health | All MO Medicaid Plans | $309 |
| Healthy Blue | All MO Medicaid Plans | $346 |
| Cigna | CMH Employee Plans | $754 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | ACA Marketplace/Exchange Plans | $849 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Blue High Performance Network | $935 |
| Medica | Select by Medica | $936 |
| United Healthcare | Core Essential Plans | $967 |
| Aetna | ACA Marketplace/Exchange Plans | $967 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Blue Advantage, Blue Care, Blu | $980 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Preferred Care Blue Plan | $980 |
| WPPA ProviDRs Care | All Commercial Plans | $1,021 |
| Health Midwest Comprehensive Care | All Commercial Plans | $1,025 |
| QuikTrip | All Commercial Plans | $1,030 |
| Wellfit/Centrus | All Commercial Plans | $1,042 |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $1,044 |
| Orscheln | All Commercial Plans | $1,045 |
| Nebraska Furniture Mart | All Commercial Plans | $1,046 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Preferred Care Plan | $1,055 |
| Humana | All Commercial Plans | $1,067 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Freedom Network Select Plan | $1,074 |
| Cigna | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,077 |
| United Healthcare | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,079 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Freedom Network Plan | $1,089 |
| Aetna | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,097 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,155 |
| Coxhealth Network | All Commercial Plans | $1,188 |
Inpatient
$100cash price (self-pay)
$1,606list price
$60.78–$2,703range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| United Healthcare Community Plan | All KS Medicaid Plans | $60.78 |
| Healthy Blue | All KS Medicaid Plans | $64.84 |
| Sunflower Health Plan | All KS Medicaid Plans | $65.42 |
| United Healthcare Community Plan | All MO Medicaid Plans | $73.48 |
| Healthy Blue | All MO Medicaid Plans | $83.50 |
| Home State Health | All MO Medicaid Plans | $83.50 |
| Cigna | CMH Employee Plans | $754 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | ACA Marketplace/Exchange Plans | $849 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Blue High Performance Network | $935 |
| Medica | Select by Medica | $936 |
| United Healthcare | Core Essential Plans | $967 |
| Aetna | ACA Marketplace/Exchange Plans | $967 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Blue Advantage, Blue Care, Blu | $980 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Preferred Care Blue Plan | $980 |
| WPPA ProviDRs Care | All Commercial Plans | $1,021 |
| Health Midwest Comprehensive Care | All Commercial Plans | $1,025 |
| QuikTrip | All Commercial Plans | $1,030 |
| Wellfit/Centrus | All Commercial Plans | $1,042 |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $1,044 |
| Orscheln | All Commercial Plans | $1,045 |
| Nebraska Furniture Mart | All Commercial Plans | $1,046 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Preferred Care Plan | $1,055 |
| Humana | All Commercial Plans | $1,067 |
| Cigna | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,077 |
| United Healthcare | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,079 |
| Aetna | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,097 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Freedom Network Select Plan | $1,102 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | Freedom Network Plan | $1,131 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City | All Other Commercial Plans | $1,155 |
| Coxhealth Network | All Commercial Plans | $1,188 |
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