Scans and imaging CPT 70544 Outpatient

Head MRA (brain vessels) cost in Las Vegas, NV

In Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV, 10 hospitals list a cash price for MR angiography (MRA) of the head without contrast: from $259.00 to $10,848.00, with a median of $2,961.91. The lowest listed price is at North Vista Hospital — $2,702.91 less than the median here. Across Nevada, the median is $2,308.53 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 cities for code 70544, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$259.00North Vista Hospital
Median$2,961.91half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,848.00in this market
Difference41.9×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV.

median
Lowest $259.00Highest $10,848.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
North Vista Hospital lowest North Las Vegas, NV · (702) 649-7711 Hc Mr Angio, Head File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file $259.00 $6,568.75 $184.45–$6,568.75 96%
Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - San Martin Campus Las Vegas, NV · (702) 492-8509 MR ANGIO HEAD WO CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,340.09 $6,537.00 $118.62–$4,706.64 79%
Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals - Siena Campus Henderson, NV · (702) 616-5000 MR ANGIO HEAD WO CON File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $1,483.90 $6,537.00 $118.62–$4,706.64 77%
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV · (702) 383-2000 HC MRA; HEAD; W/O CONTRAST File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $1,850.70 $6,169.00 — 70%
Mesa View Regional Hospital Mesquite, NV · (702) 345-4280 MRI scan of blood vessels of head without contrast File of Sep 17, 2026 · source file $2,579.81 $4,299.68 $859.94–$4,299.68 40%
Boulder City Hospital Boulder City, NV · (702) 293-4111 MRA Head w/o Cont source file $3,344.00 $3,934.00 $2,911.00–$3,934.00 15%
PAM Squared at Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV MRA Angiography Head w/o Contr File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file $3,785.04 $3,785.04 $259.61–$3,217.28 —
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas, NV · (702) 880-2100 Magnetic resonance angiography, head; without contrast material(s) +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $9,488.00 $9,488.00 $225.54–$7,590.40 —
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas, NV · (702) 731-8000 MRA HD W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $10,804.00 $10,804.00 $2,258.04–$8,643.20 —
Mountainview Hospital and Medical Center Las Vegas, NV · (702) 255-5000 MRA HD W/O CONT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $10,848.00 $10,848.00 $7,268.16 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $259.00, median $2,961.91, highest $10,848.00 — a 41.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,850.70. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 9 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A head MRA uses an MRI scanner to show the arteries of the brain without contrast dye. It is used to look for aneurysms, narrowed arteries after a stroke and blood vessel malformations.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.