SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 70551, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Carthage
CARTHAGE, MO MRI Brain WO Cont |
$1,878.50 | $2,890.00 | 35% | — file |
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| Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin
JOPLIN, MO MRI Brain WO Cont |
$2,305.55 | $3,547.00 | 35% | — file |
|
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas
GALENA, KS MRI Brain WO Cont |
$2,341.30 | $3,602.00 | 35% | — file |
|
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West
JOPLIN, MO MR - BRAIN WITHOUT CONTRAST |
$2,843.55 | $4,739.25 | 40% | May 1, 2025 file |
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| Freeman Health System - Freeman West
JOPLIN, MO MR - SELLA WITHOUT CONTRAST |
$2,843.55 | $4,739.25 | 40% | May 1, 2025 file |
|
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West
JOPLIN, MO MR IAC'S WITHOUT CONTRAST |
$2,843.55 | $4,739.25 | 40% | May 1, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,878.50, median $2,592.43, highest $2,843.55 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,843.55. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.