CPT 72156 at Cascade Medical Center

MRI/MRA - Spine

Cascade Medical Center, Leavenworth

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

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What Cascade Medical Center publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Cascade Medical Center’s prices for CPT 72156, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$500 – $2,2822 plans	$468 – $500
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$2,033 – $3,0427 plans	$120 – $624
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$2,024 – $3,0424 plans	$415 – $624
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates	$1,9441 plan	$398
Medicare (traditional)Insurer rates	$2,1041 plan	$120
Other government programInsurer rates	$338 – $6312 plans	$338 – $631
UnknownInsurer rates	$500 – $3,2756 plans	$485 – $671
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$2,911	$597
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$3,639	$746

Lowest and highest amounts Cascade Medical Center lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 72156 at Cascade Medical Center
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$107	$126 – $191

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 72156 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.