SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in Pittsburgh, PA

Cash prices at 15 facilities across 10 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 Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
MRI SCAN OF BRAIN WITHOUT CONTRAST
$569.50 $1,139.00 50%
file
Uniontown Hospital UNIONTOWN, PA
MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$638.00 $1,276.00 50%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
MRI BRAIN WO
$646.80 $1,078.00 40%
file
Monogahela Valley Hospital MONONGAHELA, PA
MRI BRAIN/IAC W/O CONT
$987.00 $1,645.00 40%
file
Monogahela Valley Hospital MONONGAHELA, PA
MRI BRAIN & PITUITARY W/O
$987.00 $1,645.00 40%
file
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
MRI BRAIN WO STROKE PROTOCOL
$1,554.42 $2,220.60 30%
file
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
MRI BRAIN/HEAD W/O CONTRAST
$1,554.42 $2,220.60 30%
file
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
MRI IAC'S W/O CONTRAST
$1,686.51 $2,409.30 30%
file
UPMC Washington WASHINGTON, PA
MRI PITUITARY W/O
$1,686.51 $2,409.30 30%
file
Monogahela Valley Hospital MONONGAHELA, PA
MRI BRAIN
$1,755.60 $2,926.00 40%
file
Highlands Hospital CONNELLSVILLE, PA
MRI BRAIN WO/CONTRAST
$1,755.60 $2,926.00 40%
file
UPMC Jameson NEW CASTLE, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$1,911.60 $3,186.00 40%
file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
HC MRI BRAIN WO CNTRST
$2,039.44 $2,756.00 26% Apr 14, 2026
file
JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA
HC MRI BRAIN WO CNTRST
$2,232.36 $2,756.00 19% Apr 14, 2026
file
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$3,091.80 $5,153.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file
UPMC St Margaret PITTSBURGH, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$3,682.80 $6,138.00 40%
file
UPMC Passavant - McCandless PITTSBURGH, PA
HC MR BRAIN WO CON
$3,801.60 $6,336.00 40%
file
UPMC McKeesport MCKEESPORT, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$3,834.60 $6,391.00 40%
file
UPMC East MONROEVILLE, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$3,940.80 $6,568.00 40%
file
UPMC Mercy PITTSBURGH, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$4,125.00 $6,875.00 40%
file
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital PITTSBURGH, PA
HC MR BRAIN WO CON
$4,272.00 $7,120.00 40%
file
UPMC Presbyterian PITTSBURGH, PA
MR BRAIN WO CON
$6,214.20 $10,357.00 40% Mar 6, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $569.50, median $1,833.60, highest $6,214.20 — a 10.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $1,975.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are 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.

JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON HILLS, PA
CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$37.24 file
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC WEXFORD, PA
CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$50.96 file

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