Lower back MRI cost in Milwaukee, WI

MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dye. Prices below are cash prices and average insured rates published by 11 hospitals within 25 miles of Milwaukee.

Lowest published price$228
Typical price (median)$2,020
Highest published price$2,675

Most of these are the hospital's fee only. Doctors' fees, like the radiologist or surgeon, are usually billed separately.

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Lowest prices near Milwaukee

  • Froedtert Community Hospital - New Berlin

    New Berlin · 9.1 mi · Same price at 3 other locations

    $228

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Froedtert Bluemound Rehabilitation Hospital

    Wauwatosa · 5.4 mi

    $235

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.)

    3.7 mi · Same price at 3 other locations

    $373

    insured avg

  • Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital

    10.3 mi

    $738

    insured avg

  • Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc.

    Milwaukee · 2.4 mi · Same price at 4 other locations

    $803

    insured avg

  • Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro

    Milwaukee · 2.4 mi · Same price at 4 other locations

    $2,020

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant

    Mount Pleasant · 23.8 mi

    $2,020

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital

    Menomonee Falls · 12.2 mi

    $2,378

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Froedtert Hospital

    Milwaukee · 5.4 mi

    $2,469

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

    5.4 mi

    $2,654

    cash · Hospital fee only

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