MRI lower back without contrast at Meadville Medical Center. CPT 72148.
What Meadville Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated September 11, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$74.40cash price (self-pay)
$2,745list price
$65.58–$1,784range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Blue Cross | Medicare Advantage | $65.58 |
| United Healthcare Medicare | Medicare Advantage | $65.58 |
| UPMC Medicare | Medicare Advantage | $65.58 |
| Amerihealth | Managed Medicaid | $128 |
| Health Partners | Managed Medicaid | $128 |
| Geisinger | Managed Medicaid | $130 |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $157 |
| Allwell PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage | $157 |
| Cigna | Medicare Advantage | $157 |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $157 |
| Geisinger | Medicare Advantage | $160 |
| Blue Shield | All Products | $221 |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $249 |
| UPMC | All Products | $249 |
| Blue Cross Medicare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $249 |
| UPMC | Medicare Advantage | $249 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Mission Vernon | $251 |
| Cigna | All Products | $259 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Mission MMC | $295 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross My Direct Blue Vernon | $321 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross My Direct Blue MMC | $340 |
| United Healthcare | All Products | $358 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Mission Yolanda Barco | $397 |
| Aetna | All Products | $409 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross My Direct Blue Yolanda Barco | $455 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Community Blue PPO Vernon | $457 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Performance Blue Vernon | $457 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Indemnity & Managed Care Vernon | $482 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Community Blue PPO MMC | $577 |
| Blue Cross | Blue Cross Performance Blue MMC | $577 |
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