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
Low
$1
Average
$1.4k
Median
$1.1k
High
$9.6k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1392 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 7.5× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
2,240 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.3k | $2.2k | $378 | 17% | 88 | $1.6k – $2.5k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $2.2k | $2.1k | $358 | 17% | 88 | $1.5k – $2.4k |
| 3 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA other · outpatient | 1 | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | 43 | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 4 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 25–34 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 5 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $142 | 9% | 10–100 | $1.4k – $1.8k |
| 6 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $2.6k | $2.8k | $1.3k | 45% | 9–90 | $1.3k – $4.6k |
| 7 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $350 | $350 | — | — | 6–60 | $350 – $350 |
| 8 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.8k | $3.6k | $336 | 9% | 4–40 | $3.0k – $3.9k |
| 9 | RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $8.7k | $8.9k | $2.1k | 24% | 4–40 | $6.3k – $11.8k |
| 10 | WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation North Wilkesboro, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $1.9k | $1.8k | $158 | 9% | 4–40 | $1.6k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $3.1k | $3.0k | $75 | 2% | 3–30 | $2.9k – $3.1k |
| 12 | Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, LLC Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.1k | $1.3k | $210 | 17% | 3–30 | $1.1k – $1.6k |
| 13 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $940 | $988 | $321 | 33% | 2–20 | $451 – $1.4k |
| 14 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $940 | $988 | $321 | 33% | 2–20 | $451 – $1.4k |
| 15 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $940 | $988 | $321 | 33% | 2–20 | $451 – $1.4k |
| 16 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $940 | $988 | $321 | 33% | 2–20 | $451 – $1.4k |
| 17 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $940 | $988 | $321 | 33% | 2–20 | $451 – $1.4k |
| 18 | Bexar County Hospital District San Antonio, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $3.0k | $3.0k | $273 | 9% | 2–20 | $2.6k – $3.4k |
| 19 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 20 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS, IN other · both | 4 | $1.3k | $1.2k | $211 | 17% | 2–20 | $893 – $1.5k |
| 21 | FRANCISCAN ALLIANCE, INC. dba FRANCISCAN HEALTH MICHIGAN CITY CITY, IN other · both | 3 | $1.2k | $1.1k | $155 | 14% | 2–20 | $893 – $1.3k |
| 22 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · outpatient | 2 | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 23 | Novant Health Matthews Medical Center LLC Matthews, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 24 | Piedmont Augusta Augusta, GA per diem · both | 2 | $810 | $810 | $15 | 2% | 2–20 | $796 – $825 |
| 25 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $578 | $578 | $225 | 39% | 2–20 | $354 – $803 |
← Payers reporting CPT 70552 · Snapshot 20261111T120946Z-9134e7f7