MRI lower back without contrast at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center. CPT 72148.

What St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated February 28, 2026.

Outpatient / ER

$2,887cash price (self-pay)

$8,250list price

$187–$6,187range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
CHC \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$187
TCHP \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$187
Wellpoint \| Medicaid\|All Plans	$197
UNITED \| Medicaid\|All Other Plans	$201
BCBS \| Medicare\|All Plans	$242
CIGNA-HEALTHSPRING \| Medicare\|All Plans	$242
HUMANA \| Medicare\|All Plans	$242
AETNA \| Medicare\|All Plans	$247
AMERIVANTAGE \| Medicare\|All Plans	$249
DEVOTED \| Medicare\|All Plans	$259
UNITED \| Medicaid\|STAR	$270
BCBS - TX \| Commercial\|MyBlue Health Exchange	$340
Ambetter \| Commercial\|All Plans	$363
Community Health Choice \| Commercial\|Exchange	$363
Wellpoint \| Commercial\|Exchange	$363
Bright Health \| Commercial\|All Plans	$385
BCBS-TX \| Commercial\|Exchange	$396
UNITED \| Medicaid\|STARPLUS	$615
BCBS-TX \| Commercial\|Blue Premier	$722
BCBS-TX \| Commercial\|HMO	$902
BCBS-TX \| Commercial\|PPO	$1,014
Cigna \| Commercial\|Surefit	$1,015
Aetna \| Commercial\|Transplant	$1,023
Humana \| Commercial\|HMO	$1,050
Humana \| Commercial\|PPO	$1,050
Cigna \| Commercial\|HMO	$1,119
Aetna \| Commercial\|PPO	$1,145
United \| Commercial\|Exchange	$1,535
United \| Commercial\|Charter	$2,266
United \| Commercial\|HMO	$2,518

$2,887cash price (self-pay)

$8,250list price

$5,362–$6,187range insurers pay

Insurance plan	Negotiated rate
Coventry \| Commercial\|PPO	$5,362
First Health \| Commercial\|All Plans	$5,362
Cigna \| Commercial\|Transplant	$5,775
Healthsmart \| Commercial\|PPO	$5,775
MultiPlan \| Commercial\|All Plans	$6,187

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