Lower back MRI cost in Birmingham, AL

MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dye. Prices below are cash prices published by 5 hospitals within 25 miles of Birmingham.

Lowest published price$893
Typical price (median)$5,946
Highest published price$6,964
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Lowest prices near Birmingham

  • The Children's Hospital of Alabama - Benjamin Russell

    1.8 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $893

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • UAB St. Vincent's Birmingham

    2.1 mi

    $982

    cash

  • Baptist Health Shelby Hospital

    Alabaster · 22.6 mi

    $5,946

    cash

  • Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital

    Homewood · 11.9 mi

    $6,622

    cash

  • Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham · 3.3 mi

    $6,964

    cash

How to use these prices

A cash price is what the hospital says it charges patients who pay for themselves. An insured average is what insurance plans pay on average, which is a useful guide when a hospital doesn’t list a cash price. Ask the hospital for its self-pay price before you book, and for a written Good Faith Estimate.

For your doctor’s office: these prices are for billing code CPT 72148.

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These are estimates from prices hospitals publish under federal price transparency rules, from files dated Feb 2026. They are not a quote or a bill, and the hospital may charge a different amount. “Lowest” means the lowest published price we found, not a guaranteed price.

If you are uninsured or paying cash, you have the right to a written Good Faith Estimate from the provider before you schedule care, and you can dispute a bill that comes in $400 or more above it.

Your provider may bill a different code for the same visit. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. More about these prices