Scans and imaging CPT 70544 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Head MRA (brain vessels) cost in Nashville, TN — inpatient

In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for MR angiography (MRA) of the head without contrast as an inpatient: from $1,272.23 to $2,368.98, with a median of $1,700.30. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — $428.07 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $979.92 at 85 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 70544, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,272.23Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Median$1,700.30half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,368.98in this market

Difference1.9×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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.

median

Lowest $1,272.23Highest $2,368.98

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC MRA HEAD W/O CON File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file	$1,272.23	$4,387.00	$117.65–$3,509.60	71%
Williamson Medical Center Franklin, TN · (615) 435-5000 MRA HEAD(c.o.w) W/O CONT+1 more line at this price source file	$1,573.59	$2,790.90	$1,035.42–$2,651.36	44%
Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville, TN · (615) 341-4000 MRA Brain/Head w/o Contrast+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file	$1,827.00	$3,045.00	—	40%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC MRA HEAD W/O CON File of Oct 1, 2025 · source file	$2,368.98	$4,387.00	$116.74–$3,509.60	46%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $1,272.23, median $1,700.30, highest $2,368.98 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 21 facilities here, median $2,960.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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.