Brain MRI cost in Memphis, TN
In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 13 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, no contrast dye: from $246.54 to $1,432.86, with a median of $1,364.44. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville and 2 other hospitals — $1,117.90 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $1,146.76 at 84 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,364.44, is 26% below the US median of $1,840.20.
- That is 5.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
- Memphis, TN has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Tennessee with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 cities for code 70551, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 6, 2025 and Mar 19, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Memphis, TN-MS-AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville lowest Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $246.54 | $1,174.00 | $210.27–$1,056.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis lowest Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $246.54 | $1,174.00 | $210.27–$1,056.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's lowest Memphis, TN HC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $246.54 | $1,174.00 | $210.27–$1,056.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $281.76 | $1,174.00 | $192.57–$1,056.60 | 76% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $331.40 | $1,657.00 | $210.27–$1,491.30 | 80% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $561.60 | $3,744.00 | $210.27–$2,995.20 | 85% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven, MS · (662) 772-4000 HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $748.80 | $3,744.00 | $210.27–$3,369.60 | 80% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $786.24 | $3,744.00 | $210.27–$3,369.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $786.24 | $3,744.00 | $210.27–$3,369.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $786.24 | $3,744.00 | $210.27–$3,369.60 | 79% |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington, TN · (901) 476-2621 HC MR BRAIN WO CONTRAST File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file | $975.36 | $4,064.00 | $192.57–$3,657.60 | 76% |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,364.44 | $6,202.00 | $50.00–$617.80 | 78% |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,364.44 | $6,202.00 | $50.00–$617.80 | 78% |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,364.44 | $6,202.00 | $50.00–$485.30 | 78% |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,364.44 | $6,202.00 | $50.00–$617.80 | 78% |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,364.44 | $6,202.00 | $50.00–$617.80 | 78% |
| Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 1410447145 - Mri Brain Wo Contrast 70551 File of Jan 6, 2025 · source file | $1,432.56 | $2,614.16 | $181.55–$2,091.33 | 45% |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN HC MRI Brain - MRI Brain WO Contrast File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,432.86 | $6,513.00 | — | 78% |
| Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 4600020000 - Mri Brain Wo Contrast 70551 File of Jan 6, 2025 · source file | $1,433.50 | $2,615.88 | $181.55–$2,092.70 | 45% |
Outpatient: lowest $246.54, median $1,364.44, highest $1,432.86 — a 5.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $963.02. 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 7 of 12 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 brain MRI is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Brain MRI explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70551 ($1,843.92). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden West Memphis, ARHC MR BRAIN LTD WO CONTRAST | $176.10 | file |