US Health Care Costs

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in New Jersey

CPT 70553 · hospital facility charge

Cash prices range from $395 to $1,075 at the 6 hospitals whose price files we have read so far.

HospitalCityList priceCash priceInsurers (median)
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune$5,631$395$3,885$686–$5,519 · 27 plans
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack$5,631$421$3,686$884–$4,949 · 30 plans
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford$3,495$451$655$378–$5,127 · 17 plans
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown$6,821$477$687$414–$4,825 · 182 plans
Community Medical CenterToms River$5,038$1,045$788$465–$2,947 · 26 plans
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick$5,038$1,075$881$465–$2,469 · 26 plans
Only hospitals whose price files we've read are listed. The price is the hospital's part; the doctor (radiologist, surgeon, anesthesiologist) usually bills separately.