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 OPEN INTRACRANIAL PROC W&W/O CONTRAST
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Low
$0
Average
$3.1k
Median
$536
High
$664.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | 24 | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 2 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $263 | $264 | $33 | 13% | 1–10 | $216 – $304 |
| 3 | University of Virginia Haymarket Medical Center Haymarket, VA | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 4 | Hca Florida West Hospital PENSACOLA, FL | $3.3k | $3.3k | $154 | 5% | — | $3.1k – $3.4k |
| 5 | Mayo Regional Hospital Dover Foxcroft, ME | $171 | $172 | $1 | 0% | — | $171 – $173 |
| 6 | Deaconess Hospital, Inc Newburgh, IN | $180 | $256 | $98 | 38% | — | $171 – $433 |
| 7 | Methodist Hospital Hill Country Fredericksburg, TX | $1.2k | $1.1k | $227 | 20% | — | $766 – $1.5k |
| 8 | Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HurstEulessBedford Bedford, TX | $185 | $186 | $8 | 4% | — | $176 – $199 |
| 9 | Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital PANAMA CITY, FL | $3.3k | $3.3k | $154 | 5% | — | $3.1k – $3.4k |
| 10 | Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches, INC Beach, FL | $280 | $282 | $18 | 7% | — | $255 – $306 |
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