MRI lower back without contrast at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles. CPT 72148.
What SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated April 1, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$1,613cash price (self-pay)
$2,933list price
$147–$812range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| BCBS | Anthem Pathway Exchange | $220 |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $239 |
| Aetna | Gold Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $241 |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $243 |
| BCBS | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $243 |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $243 |
| Aetna | Advantra Medicare Managed Care Plan | $247 |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Preferred HMO/POS | $275 |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO | $278 |
| Oscar | Exchange | $287 |
| UnitedHealthCare | Options PPO | $460 |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $472 |
| UnitedHealthCare | St. Louis University Employee | $472 |
| BCBS | Anthem Blue Access PPO | $570 |
| Healthlink | Employers Choice All Commercial Plans | $709 |
| Healthlink | HMO | $709 |
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