Posted Price

MRI of the mid back (thoracic spine), without contrast at Ocean Medical Center

CPT 72146 · Brick, NJ

Cash price$264.17
Gross charge$4,329.00
Insurer rates$358.53 – $4,332.00

These are Ocean 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 $264.17, median $621.37, highest $32,281.00. See every hospital.

Nearby hospitals, same service

HospitalDistanceCash priceGross chargeFile date
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus
Lakewood, NJ
4.6 mi$712.14$2,996.002026-03-03
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
8.0 mi$621.37$2,996.002026-03-04
Centrastate Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
13.0 mi$720.92$8,938.002026-01-01
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
15.6 mi$655.52$2,996.002026-03-04
Riverview Medical Center
Red Bank, NJ
18.7 mi$267.55$4,329.002025-12-31
Bayshore Medical Center
Holmdel, NJ
19.9 mi$267.55$4,329.002025-12-31
Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Browns Mills, NJ
25.3 mi$2,488.00$2,488.002026-02-26
Southern Ocean Medical Center
Manahawkin, NJ
26.9 mi$264.17$4,329.002025-12-31

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 72146 in this hospital's file

Row in the hospital's fileSettingCashGrossInsurer min – max
MRI SPINAL CANAL THORACIC W/O CONTRAST MATRL
line 177641
outpatient$264.17$4,329.00$358.53 – $4,332.00
MRI SPINAL CANAL THORACIC W/O CONTRAST MATRL
line 177642
outpatient$264.17$4,329.00$614.72 – $3,679.65
MRI SPINAL CANAL THORACIC W/O CONTRAST MATRL
line 177643
outpatient$264.17$4,329.00$264.17 – $317.01
MRI SPINAL CANAL THORACIC W/O CONTRAST MATRL
line 177647
outpatient$264.17$4,329.00
MRI CHEST SPINE W/O DYE mod 26
line 5203329
outpatient$264.17$123.52 – $123.52
MRI CHEST SPINE W/O DYE mod TC
line 5203330
outpatient$264.17$235.01 – $559.79

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