Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC MRI Brain W Stem WO Cont
Low
$202
Average
$1.6k
Median
$1.4k
High
$19.2k
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| 1 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $1.0k | $1.2k | $447 | 37% | 238–256 | $644 – $2.3k |
| 2 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO | $1.4k | $1.4k | $491 | 34% | 196–214 | $655 – $2.3k |
| 3 | Nemours Children's Hospital 6535 Nemours Parkway | $2.5k | $2.2k | $766 | 35% | 177 | $900 – $2.9k |
| 4 | Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $971 | $1.3k | $607 | 46% | 98–125 | $683 – $2.3k |
| 5 | Piedmont Newnan Newnan, GA | $955 | $1.3k | $610 | 46% | 58–85 | $683 – $2.3k |
| 6 | Piedmont Athens Regional Athens, GA | $963 | $1.2k | $620 | 50% | 52–88 | $562 – $2.3k |
| 7 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN | $3.1k | $3.0k | $659 | 22% | 47–65 | $900 – $3.4k |
| 8 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA | $2.3k | $3.0k | $1.1k | 36% | 44–71 | $1.9k – $5.1k |
| 9 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT CROWN POINT, IN | $1.8k | $1.8k | $383 | 22% | 43–151 | $750 – $3.2k |
| 10 | Piedmont Eastside Snellville, GA | $963 | $1.3k | $655 | 49% | 43–70 | $683 – $2.3k |
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