US Health Care Costs

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in Pennsylvania

CPT 70553 · hospital facility charge

Cash prices range from $394 to $9,808 at the 4 hospitals whose price files we have read so far.

HospitalCityList priceCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington$6,289$394$833$375–$1,261 · 22 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia$5,511$412$874$395–$3,409 · 21 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh$16,347$9,808$10,626$2,939–$13,895 · 19 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––$1,119$456–$2,950 · 21 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.