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 CONTRAST
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Based on 1,457–7,793 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$79
Average
$2.0k
Median
$1.2k
High
$1007.9k
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| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $333 | $527 | $484 | 92% | 191–317 | $58 – $2.0k |
| 2 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $1.1k | $1.2k | $488 | 40% | 159–393 | $386 – $2.4k |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $1.9k | $2.5k | $1.3k | 55% | 136–289 | $346 – $5.2k |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $1.7k | $2.1k | $1.3k | 65% | 103–238 | $346 – $4.9k |
| 5 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA | $424 | $526 | $298 | 57% | 80–134 | $386 – $1.3k |
| 6 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN | $3.1k | $2.4k | $1.5k | 61% | 54–108 | $369 – $5.5k |
| 7 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA | $1.0k | $1.1k | $744 | 66% | 43–115 | $386 – $2.2k |
| 8 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $4.8k | $4.7k | $984 | 21% | 24 | $1.2k – $6.2k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $3.8k | $3.4k | $2.9k | 86% | 19–73 | $379 – $9.5k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $2.0k | $3.1k | $2.9k | 92% | 19–55 | $427 – $9.6k |
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