Medicare Physician Fee Schedule · Q3 2026 release
CPT 72141 in Austin, TX
An MRI scan of the neck portion of the spine - the seven vertebrae between the skull and the upper back - done with no injected contrast dye. It gives a detailed picture of the discs, the spinal cord, and the nerve roots leaving the neck, which plain X-rays cannot show. This is the plain version of the study; separate codes cover the same region done with dye, or done twice, before and after dye.
Medicare pays, Office (non-facility) setting, in Austin, TX
$198.51
Before the ~2% sequestration cut. Q3 2026 Physician Fee Schedule.
Local vs. national amount
Austin, TX pays above the national baseline by 4.1%, driven by this locality's GPCIs.
ZIP codes in this locality
This payment locality covers 89 ZIP codes, including 73301, 73344, 78617, 78645, 78651, 78652, 78653, 78660, 78669, 78691, 78701, 78702 and others . Every ZIP in this locality is priced the same under the Physician Fee Schedule.