Posted Price

MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine), without contrast at Harlem Hospital Center

CPT 72148 · New York, NY

Cash price$286.04
Gross charge$819.34
Insurer rates? – $1,787.00

These are Harlem 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 $937.71, highest $7,522.00. See every hospital.

Nearby hospitals, same service

HospitalDistanceCash priceGross chargeFile date
Metropolitan Hospital Center
New York, NY
1.5 mi$286.04$819.342026-09-05
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
2.9 mi$509.812026-03-31
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
3.2 mi$2,342.97$5,532.002026-04-01
Palisades Medical Center
North Bergen, NJ
4.8 mi$284.66$4,439.002025-12-31
Bellevue Hospital Center
New York, NY
5.1 mi$286.04$1,593.182026-09-05
NYU Langone Hospitals
New York, NY
5.1 mi$1,133.75$5,967.132026-01-01
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
5.5 mi$1,965.27$3,005.002026-09-28
Jacobi Medical Center
Bronx, NY
5.6 mi$286.04$1,593.182026-09-05

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 72148 in this hospital's file

Row in the hospital's fileSettingCashGrossInsurer min – max
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT
line 1018488
outpatient$286.04$819.34? – $1,787.00
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT
line 1018490
outpatient$286.04$819.34$247.21 – $1,285.00
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT
line 1018512
outpatient$286.04$819.34$532.57 – $696.44
HC MAGNETIC RESONANCE(EG, PROTON) IMAGING, SPINAL CANAL AND CONT
line 1018576
outpatient$286.04$819.34
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE mod 26
line 1391113
outpatient$286.04$75.10 – $134.43
MRI LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE mod TC
line 1391119
outpatient$286.04$141.00 – $634.00

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