Posted Price

MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine), without contrast at Hackensack University Medical Center

CPT 72148 · Hackensack, NJ

Cash price$284.66
Gross charge$3,887.00
Insurer rates$699.66 – $3,790.60

These are Hackensack University Medical Center's own posted figures from its standard-charges file dated December 31, 2025. They are not a quote. Source: the hospital's file · its price transparency page.

Across 43 New Jersey hospitals we index that post a cash price for this service: lowest $264.13, median $467.77, highest $32,281.00. See every hospital.

Nearby hospitals, same service

HospitalDistanceCash priceGross chargeFile date
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ
3.8 mi$414.60$4,146.002026-02-02
Valley Hospital
Paramus, NJ
4.2 mi$877.80$1,463.002026-05-06
St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, NJ
4.9 mi$282.00$3,572.262026-09-01
St. Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
Paterson, NJ
5.7 mi$4,687.00$4,687.002026-04-24
Palisades Medical Center
North Bergen, NJ
6.7 mi$284.66$4,439.002025-12-31
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
7.7 mi$286.04$819.342026-09-05
Metropolitan Hospital Center
New York, NY
8.5 mi$286.04$819.342026-09-05
Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, NJ
9.0 mi$567.66$2,854.002026-03-04

Distances are straight-line from ZIP code centers. Each hospital's figures come from its own file; files are updated on different dates.

Every row for CPT 72148 in this hospital's file

Row in the hospital's fileSettingCashGrossInsurer min – max
MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
line 206172
outpatient$284.66$3,887.00$699.66 – $3,790.60
MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
line 206173
outpatient$284.66$3,887.00$227.73 – $298.90
MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
line 206174
outpatient$284.66$3,887.00$378.00 – $4,332.00
MRI SPINAL CANAL LUMBAR W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
line 206178
outpatient$284.66$3,887.00
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE mod 26
line 5667612
outpatient$284.66$127.76 – $127.76
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE mod TC
line 5667613
outpatient$284.66$250.24 – $2,471.27

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