MRI brain (with & without dye) cost without insurance: real cash prices
An MRI of the brain done both with and without contrast dye. Published cash prices for this procedure run from $4 to $40,066 across 1553 U.S. facilities. Where you go changes the price more than anything else.
Lowest published cash prices in the country
Elmore Community Hospital
$119
Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital
$123
Cox Barton County Hospital
$130
How your money goes farthest
Move 1. Call and say “self-pay.” Ask for the all-in self-pay price and whether the doctor’s fee and anesthesia are included. Independent centers usually run far below hospitals for the same code.
Move 2. Do the travel math. For planned procedures, the spread between facilities is often thousands of dollars — more than a flight and a hotel.
Move 3. Use your financial-assistance rights. Nonprofit hospitals must offer financial assistance by federal law; you can apply up to 240 days after the first bill.
By metro area
- Cincinnati — from $495
- Lubbock — from $495
- Phoenix — from $578
- Indianapolis — from $583
- Indianapolis, IN — from $583
- Jacksonville — from $622
- Cleveland — from $655
- Baltimore, MD — from $703
- Beaumont, TX — from $797
- Appleton WI — from $1,172
- Tulsa — from $1,279
- Dayton — from $1,302
- Hamilton, OH — from $1,302
- Denver — from $1,354
- Milwaukee — from $1,427
- Columbus — from $1,430
- Fenton, MO — from $1,552
- Austin — from $1,579
- Mayfield Hts, OH — from $1,602
- Thomasville, NC — from $1,644
- Spokane — from $1,678
- Greenville, MI — from $1,846
- Portland — from $1,898
- Dallas, TX — from $1,944
- Pontiac, MI — from $2,051
- Pittsburgh — from $2,125
- Coon Rapids, MN — from $2,134
- Denver, CO — from $2,156
- Anderson, SC — from $2,200
- Seattle — from $2,219
- Boston, MA — from $2,542
- Los Angeles — from $2,638
- Orlando — from $2,760
- Fort Worth, TX — from $2,916
- Grapevine, TX — from $2,916
- Mckinney, TX — from $2,916
- Cottage Grove, OR — from $2,989
- Tampa — from $3,525
- Santa Rosa — from $3,564
- Walnut Creek, CA — from $4,277
- Miami — from $4,283
- Houston, TX — from $4,438
- Kansas City — from $4,909
- Geneva, IL — from $5,385
- Deltona-Daytona — from $6,186
- Low Moor, VA — from $7,673
- Arlington, TX — from $12,380
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