SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 70551, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jun 19, 2026.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
AKRON, OH CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL |
$156.00 | $260.00 | 40% | Nov 11, 2025 file |
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| CRYSTAL CLINIC ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER LLC
FAIRLAWN, OH MRI scan of brain without contrast |
$350.00 | $6,010.00 | 94% | Jun 19, 2026 file |
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| AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER
AKRON, OH MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL |
$1,084.20 | $1,668.00 | 35% | Jun 15, 2026 file |
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| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
AKRON, OH HB MRI LIMITED STUDY SHUNT |
$2,262.75 | $3,017.00 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 file |
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| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
AKRON, OH HB MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST |
$4,548.00 | $6,064.00 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 file |
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| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
AKRON, OH HB MRI BRAIN |
$4,548.00 | $6,064.00 | 25% | Nov 11, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $156.00, median $1,673.48, highest $4,548.00 — a 29.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,084.20. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70551 ($1,493.28). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
AKRON, OH CHG MRI BRAIN |
$0.60 | file |