MRI lower back without contrast at Hca Houston Medical Center. CPT 72148.
What Hca Houston Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated September 1, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$18,235cash price (self-pay)
$18,235list price
$197–$15,500range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $197 |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $197 |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $199 |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $199 |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $199 |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $199 |
| United | MGMCD | $203 |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $215 |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $217 |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $217 |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $217 |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $217 |
| Humana | MCD | $246 |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437 |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $501 |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $518 |
| United | SmallGroup | $518 |
| BCBS | Bav | $578 |
| BCBS | HMO | $879 |
| BCBS | Eposoa | $937 |
| BCBS | PPO | $993 |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,361 |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,679 |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,679 |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,679 |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,784 |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,784 |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,784 |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,099 |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,099 |
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