Lower back MRI cost in San Antonio, TX

MRI of the lumbar spine without contrast dye. Prices below are cash prices and average insured rates published by 23 hospitals within 25 miles of San Antonio.

Lowest published price$220
Typical price (median)$5,473
Highest published price$10,206
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Lowest prices near San Antonio

  • Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio

    San Antonio · 4.8 mi · Same price at 2 other locations

    $220

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • CHRISTUS Children's Hospital

    San Antonio · 3.8 mi

    $314

    cash

  • CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Alamo Heights

    San Antonio · 3.1 mi

    $499

    insured avg

  • University Health Dialysis West at Texas Diabetes Institute

    San Antonio · 3.8 mi · Same price at 3 other locations

    $790

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • University Health Dialysis Southeast

    San Antonio · 5.8 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $790

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio

    San Antonio · 9.9 mi

    $1,531

    cash

  • CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Medical Center

    San Antonio · 7.8 mi · Same price at 2 other locations

    $3,988

    cash

  • Kindred Hospital San Antonio Central

    San Antonio · 1.9 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $4,429

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Metropolitan Methodist Hospital

    San Antonio · 1.7 mi · Same price at 2 other locations

    $5,473

    cash

  • Methodist Er Nacogdoches

    San Antonio · 7.6 mi · Same price at 2 other locations

    $5,473

    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