MRI lower back without contrast at St. Joseph Medical Center. CPT 72148.
What St. Joseph Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated March 17, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$237cash price (self-pay)
$4,709list price
$131–$4,709range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| UHC | UHC KS Medicaid | $131 |
| Traditional Medicaid | Traditional Medicaid | $206 |
| Home State | Home State Health Plan Medicaid | $235 |
| Aetna | Aetna Medicare | $238 |
| Cigna | Cigna Healthsprings | $238 |
| Healthnet federal services Tricare | Healthnet federal services Tricar | $238 |
| Home State | Home State Health Plan Medicare | $238 |
| PACE KC (Swope Health Services) | PACE KC (Swope Health Services) Medi | $238 |
| Traditional Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $238 |
| Tricare | Tricare | $238 |
| UHC | UHC Medicare | $238 |
| UHC | UHC Veterans Choice Program | $238 |
| VETERANS EVALUATION SERVICES | Veteran Services | $238 |
| UHC | UHC MO Medicaid | $239 |
| Healthy Blue | Healthy Blue Medicare | $250 |
| Kansas Superior | Kansas Superior Select | $250 |
| Missouri Medicare | Missouri Medicare Select | $250 |
| Nhc Advantage | Nhc Advantage | $262 |
| Healthy Blue | Healthy Blue Medicaid | $274 |
| Home State | Home State Health Plan Commercial Ins Exchange | $321 |
| BCBS | BCBS HMO | $326 |
| Employer Direct Healthcare | Employer Direct Healthcare Commercial | $333 |
| UHC | UHC Commercial Exchange | $333 |
| Aetna | Aetna Commercial | $349 |
| BCBS | BCBS Exchange | $381 |
| Home State | Ambetter Sunflower | $381 |
| BCBS | BCBS Select | $440 |
| 6 Degrees | 6 Degrees - Commercial | $476 |
| UHC | UHC Commercial | $748 |
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