SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Cash prices at 15 facilities across 9 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 Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 23, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, WI
HBC MRI BRAIN LIMITED WO CONTRAST
$976.94 $1,776.25 45% Mar 23, 2026
file
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, WI
HBC MRI BRAIN LIMITED WO CONTRAST
$976.94 $1,776.25 45% Mar 23, 2026
file
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. FRANKLIN, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. FRANKLIN, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Southeast Wisconsin Inc FRANKLIN, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Southeast Wisconsin Inc FRANKLIN, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,337.19 $2,523.00 47%
file
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee, Inc. MEQUON, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,019.83 $3,811.00 47%
file
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee, Inc. MEQUON, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,019.83 $3,811.00 47%
file
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,019.83 $3,811.00 47%
file
Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI
HC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,019.83 $3,811.00 47%
file
Aurora West Allis Medical Center WEST ALLIS, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora Medical Center Grafton GRAFTON, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora Medical Center Summit SUMMIT, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha KENOSHA, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc MILWAUKEE, WI
MR BRAIN SHUNT EVAL LTD WO CON
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc MILWAUKEE, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora St Lukes South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc CUDAHY, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Aurora Medical Center Washington County HARTFORD, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Inc MILWAUKEE, WI
MR BRAIN W/O DYE
$2,110.00 $4,220.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
file
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, WI
HBC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,739.83 $4,981.50 45% Mar 23, 2026
file
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, WI
HBC MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$2,739.83 $4,981.50 45% Mar 23, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $976.94, median $2,019.83, highest $2,739.83 — a 2.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $2,110.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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