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
PR MRI BRAIN WO/W CNTRST
Low
$200
Average
$6.7k
Median
$3.3k
High
$4455.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $2.5k | $2.4k | $794 | 33% | 3,856–4,297 | $104 – $3.5k |
| 2 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $1.7k | $2.1k | $1.6k | 77% | 3,187 | $469 – $10.6k |
| 3 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $1.8k | $2.1k | $1.6k | 74% | 2,862 | $278 – $10.4k |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $1.3k | $2.3k | $1.9k | 84% | 2,450 | $417 – $10.4k |
| 5 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $5.0k | $4.4k | $2.0k | 47% | 1,928 | $374 – $6.7k |
| 6 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Raleigh, NC | $1.8k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 56% | 1,828–1,882 | $279 – $5.2k |
| 7 | DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Durham, NC | $1.8k | $2.2k | $1.3k | 56% | 1,828–1,882 | $279 – $5.2k |
| 8 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Albany, IN | $2.3k | $2.5k | $1.0k | 40% | 1,461 | $194 – $7.8k |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Elizabethtown, KY | $474 | $1.1k | $1.2k | 112% | 1,384 | $469 – $10.4k |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Paducah, KY | $417 | $1.2k | $1.0k | 89% | 1,361 | $417 – $10.4k |
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