CPT 72159 at Skyline Hospital

MRI/MRA - Spine

Skyline Hospital, White Salmon

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 Skyline Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Skyline Hospital’s prices for CPT 72159, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$2,807 – $3,1042 plans	$51.00 – $169
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$1,5853 plans	$83.64 – $293
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$1,646 – $1,9423 plans	$209 – $219
Other government programInsurer rates	$2,3781 plan	$83.64
UnknownInsurer rates	$1,744 – $3,3036 plans	$51.00 – $221
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$2,378	$302
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$3,303	$419

Lowest and highest amounts Skyline Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-08-21. 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 72159 at Skyline Hospital
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	$83.64	$98.70 – $150

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

Compare CPT 72159 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.