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MRI Brain W/O Contrast
Based on 108,827–167,444 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$66
Average
$1.7k
Median
$1.0k
High
$1007.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $2.4k | $2.2k | $1.7k | 77% | 16,548–17,277 | $40 – $4.7k |
| 2 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $237 | $407 | $489 | 120% | 2,717–2,789 | $54 – $2.1k |
| 3 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $287 | $1.1k | $1.2k | 113% | 2,616–2,841 | $231 – $4.0k |
| 4 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $486 | $737 | $608 | 82% | 2,162–2,189 | $190 – $1.9k |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $1.9k | $3.0k | $2.8k | 92% | 2,098 | $391 – $9.7k |
| 6 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY | $183 | $251 | $313 | 124% | 1,892–2,378 | $44 – $5.4k |
| 7 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $2.5k | $2.3k | $848 | 37% | 1,724–1,805 | $96 – $3.5k |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $3.6k | $3.3k | $2.8k | 86% | 1,715 | $348 – $9.5k |
| 9 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $1.6k | $1.8k | $1.6k | 88% | 1,516–1,678 | $124 – $4.4k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $237 | $422 | $403 | 96% | 1,352–1,892 | $48 – $1.4k |
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