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
MRI LOW FIELD
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Low
$938
Average
$1.4k
Median
$1.5k
High
$1.8k
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Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 11 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 1.1× 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.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria, LA | $938 | $938 | $76 | 8% | — | $862 – $1.0k |
| 2 | Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 3 | Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 4 | Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 5 | Overland Park Regional Medical Center SHAWNEE, KS | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 6 | Highland Medical Center - Shreveport Shreveport, LA | $1.8k | $1.8k | $148 | 8% | — | $1.7k – $2.0k |
| 7 | Research Psychiatric Center Kansas City, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
| 8 | Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital Lake Charles, LA | $1.3k | $1.3k | $108 | 8% | — | $1.2k – $1.4k |
| 9 | Ochsner Lake Area Hospital Lake Charles, LA | $1.3k | $1.3k | $108 | 8% | — | $1.2k – $1.4k |
| 10 | Centerpoint Medical Center Independence, MO | $1.5k | $1.5k | $291 | 19% | — | $1.1k – $1.8k |
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