SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in Richmond, VA

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
BON SECOURS ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER LLC MIDLOTHIAN, VA
HC MRI Brain WO Ctrst
$2,070.00 $3,450.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS RICHMOND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LLC RICHMOND, VA
HC MRI Brain WO Ctrst
$2,070.00 $3,450.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF RICHMOND LLC RICHMOND, VA
HC MRI Brain WO Ctrst
$2,070.00 $3,450.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC MECHANICSVILLE, VA
HC MRI Brain WO Ctrst
$2,070.00 $3,450.00 40%
file
BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH PETERSBURG LLC PETERSBURG, VA
HC MRI Brain WO Ctrst
$4,790.10 $15,967.00 70%
file

Outpatient: lowest $2,070.00, median $2,070.00, highest $4,790.10 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,244.40. 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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