Posted Price

MRI of the mid back (thoracic spine), without contrast at Elmhurst Hospital Center

CPT 72146 · Elmhurst, NY

Cash price$286.04
Gross charge$1,048.60
Insurer rates? – $1,787.00

These are Elmhurst Hospital Center's own posted figures from its standard-charges file dated September 5, 2026. They are not a quote. Source: the hospital's file · its price transparency page.

Across 80 New York hospitals we index that post a cash price for this service: lowest $243.77, median $896.13, highest $7,700.15. See every hospital.

Nearby hospitals, same service

HospitalDistanceCash priceGross chargeFile date
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing, NY
3.1 mi$992.00$992.002026-03-25
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica, NY
3.5 mi$992.00$992.002026-03-25
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center
Brooklyn, NY
4.2 mi$286.04$2,822.092026-09-05
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
4.7 mi$508.522026-03-31
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
4.7 mi$2,342.97$5,532.002026-04-01
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, NY
4.8 mi$286.04$2,822.092026-09-05
Metropolitan Hospital Center
New York, NY
5.1 mi$286.04$1,048.602026-09-05
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
5.2 mi$286.04$2,822.092026-09-05

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
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON)IMAGING,SPINAL CANAL AND CONTEN
line 1043449
outpatient$286.04$1,048.60? – $1,787.00
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON)IMAGING,SPINAL CANAL AND CONTEN
line 1043451
outpatient$286.04$1,048.60$247.21 – $1,285.00
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON)IMAGING,SPINAL CANAL AND CONTEN
line 1043472
outpatient$286.04$1,048.60$681.59 – $891.31
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON)IMAGING,SPINAL CANAL AND CONTEN
line 1043536
outpatient$286.04$1,048.60
MRI CHEST SPINE W/O DYE mod 26
line 1415120
outpatient$286.04$75.17 – $108.24
MRI CHEST SPINE W/O DYE mod TC
line 1415126
outpatient$286.04$143.97 – $634.00

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