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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the neck spine without contrast

CPT 72141the billing code this page is about

A magnetic resonance imaging scan of the cervical spine and spinal canal in the neck, performed without injected contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,839 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,260 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,891. Most fall between $845 and $3,339 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,260
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,260 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$507$992$1,839$2,970$4,675

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($507 vs $4,675).

How the prices are spread

$317 – $431: 94 hospitals$317$431 – $586: 148 hospitals$586 – $796: 204 hospitals$586$796 – $1,082: 293 hospitals$1,082 – $1,471: 390 hospitals$1,082$1,471 – $1,999: 494 hospitals$1,999 – $2,717: 545 hospitals$1,999$2,717 – $3,693: 382 hospitals$3,693 – $5,019: 236 hospitals$3,693$5,019 – $6,821: 149 hospitals$5,019median $1,839price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,935 of 3,260 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$317$43194
$431$586148
$586$796204
$796$1,082293
$1,082$1,471390
$1,471$1,999494
$1,999$2,717545
$2,717$3,693382
$3,693$5,019236
$5,019$6,821149

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$1,839
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.5×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,839.

Alaska: median $3,055 across 14 hospitalsAK$3,055Maine: median $1,124 across 24 hospitalsME$1,124Vermont: median $3,321 across 11 hospitalsVT$3,321New Hampshire: median $2,182 across 22 hospitalsNH$2,182Washington: median $1,886 across 70 hospitalsWA$1,886Idaho: median $1,691 across 22 hospitalsID$1,691Montana: median $1,802 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,802North Dakota: median $1,794 across 32 hospitalsND$1,794Minnesota: median $1,846 across 101 hospitalsMN$1,846Illinois: median $2,928 across 137 hospitalsIL$2,928Wisconsin: median $1,815 across 108 hospitalsWI$1,815Michigan: median $1,481 across 82 hospitalsMI$1,481New York: median $992 across 111 hospitalsNY$992Massachusetts: median $1,961 across 51 hospitalsMA$1,961Oregon: median $1,776 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,776Nevada: median $1,593 across 18 hospitalsNV$1,593Wyoming: median $1,635 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,635South Dakota: median $3,896 across 35 hospitalsSD$3,896Iowa: median $2,319 across 86 hospitalsIA$2,319Indiana: median $1,004 across 95 hospitalsIN$1,004Ohio: median $1,391 across 127 hospitalsOH$1,391Pennsylvania: median $1,554 across 116 hospitalsPA$1,554New Jersey: median $452 across 58 hospitalsNJ$452Connecticut: median $1,318 across 18 hospitalsCT$1,318Rhode Island: median $1,321 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,321California: median $2,662 across 216 hospitalsCA$2,662Utah: median $3,034 across 43 hospitalsUT$3,034Colorado: median $1,960 across 64 hospitalsCO$1,960Nebraska: median $3,310 across 83 hospitalsNE$3,310Missouri: median $1,664 across 76 hospitalsMO$1,664Kentucky: median $1,867 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,867West Virginia: median $1,468 across 40 hospitalsWV$1,468Virginia: median $1,859 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,859Maryland: median $456 across 36 hospitalsMD$456Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,359 across 49 hospitalsAZ$1,359New Mexico: median $1,744 across 29 hospitalsNM$1,744Kansas: median $1,245 across 85 hospitalsKS$1,245Arkansas: median $645 across 34 hospitalsAR$645Tennessee: median $930 across 78 hospitalsTN$930North Carolina: median $2,163 across 89 hospitalsNC$2,163South Carolina: median $2,076 across 51 hospitalsSC$2,076Oklahoma: median $1,042 across 62 hospitalsOK$1,042Louisiana: median $924 across 54 hospitalsLA$924Mississippi: median $904 across 49 hospitalsMS$904Alabama: median $1,624 across 38 hospitalsAL$1,624Georgia: median $1,522 across 103 hospitalsGA$1,522Hawaii: median $1,423 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,423Texas: median $2,394 across 232 hospitalsTX$2,394Florida: median $3,574 across 171 hospitalsFL$3,574
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,839. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD35$3,896+112%$3,254 – $4,512
Florida FL171$3,574+94%$1,360 – $8,195
Vermont VT11$3,321+81%$2,218 – $3,855
Nebraska NE83$3,310+80%$2,141 – $3,900
Alaska AK14$3,055+66%$1,864 – $3,750
Utah UT43$3,034+65%$2,033 – $3,569
Illinois IL137$2,928+59%$1,314 – $4,171
California CA216$2,662+45%$1,380 – $5,265
Texas TX232$2,394+30%$1,404 – $5,272
Iowa IA86$2,319+26%$1,625 – $2,987
New Hampshire NH22$2,182+19%$1,382 – $4,751
North Carolina NC89$2,163+18%$1,411 – $3,142
South Carolina SC51$2,076+13%$1,500 – $3,307
Massachusetts MA51$1,961+7%$1,075 – $3,090
Colorado CO64$1,960+7%$1,049 – $2,620
Washington WA70$1,886+3%$813 – $2,381
Kentucky KY67$1,867+2%$971 – $3,234
Virginia VA71$1,859+1%$1,119 – $4,041
Minnesota MN101$1,8460%$828 – $2,506
Wisconsin WI108$1,815−1%$626 – $2,448
Montana MT16$1,802−2%$1,104 – $2,474
North Dakota ND32$1,794−2%$1,523 – $2,238
Oregon OR46$1,776−3%$1,279 – $2,337
New Mexico NM29$1,744−5%$1,063 – $2,856
Idaho ID22$1,691−8%$1,426 – $2,004
Missouri MO76$1,664−10%$1,096 – $2,731
Wyoming WY12$1,635−11%$798 – $3,071
Alabama AL38$1,624−12%$874 – $3,848
Nevada NV18$1,593−13%$1,065 – $2,769
Pennsylvania PA116$1,554−15%$454 – $3,683
Georgia GA103$1,522−17%$871 – $3,042
Michigan MI82$1,481−19%$934 – $3,208
West Virginia WV40$1,468−20%$994 – $2,285
Hawaii HI12$1,423−23%$1,060 – $1,635
Ohio OH127$1,391−24%$1,084 – $2,220
Arizona AZ49$1,359−26%$347 – $4,006
Rhode Island RI10$1,321−28%$556 – $2,100
Connecticut CT18$1,318−28%$911 – $2,122
Kansas KS85$1,245−32%$720 – $2,408
Maine ME24$1,124−39%$478 – $1,910
Oklahoma OK62$1,042−43%$724 – $2,111
Indiana IN95$1,004−45%$368 – $2,145
New York NY111$992−46%$358 – $3,339
Tennessee TN78$930−49%$605 – $1,962
Louisiana LA54$924−50%$515 – $1,951
Mississippi MS49$904−51%$418 – $1,443
Arkansas AR34$645−65%$584 – $1,860
Maryland MD36$456−75%$260 – $719
New Jersey NJ58$452−75%$285 – $1,240
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,839.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,325$1,744$758 – $3,476
Children’s66$3,035$1,645 – $5,530
Critical access859$1,977$998 – $3,133
Ownership
For-profit477$2,426$977 – $7,845
Government574$1,795$875 – $2,974
Non-profit2,199$1,784$798 – $3,092
System affiliation
Part of a system2,683$1,857$854 – $3,517
Independent577$1,704$779 – $2,850

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,141
Median cash price$1,839
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,236 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,882 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,941; most fall between $941 and $3,308.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,236 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$594$1,084$1,882$2,970$4,150

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($594 vs $4,150).

Of the 2,474 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,236 gave a usable cash price; 129 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 109 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,260 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,608 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,260
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here224
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded120
Hospitals that filed this code3,608

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Magnetic resonance imaging family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MRI Spinal Canal Cervical W/O Contrast Matrl|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRI of the neck spine without contrast (CPT 72141) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72141-mri-of-the-neck-spine-without-contrast