SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
NorCal HealthConnect LLC HEALDSBURG, CA
HC PR 70551 MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$438.09 $859.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
NorCal HealthConnect LLC HEALDSBURG, CA
HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$1,708.50 $3,350.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC SANTA ROSA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN W/O DYE LIMITED
$2,242.47 $4,397.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC SANTA ROSA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$2,242.47 $4,397.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
NorCal HealthConnect LLC PETALUMA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$2,380.17 $4,667.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
NorCal HealthConnect LLC PETALUMA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN W/O DYE LIMITED
$2,380.17 $4,667.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SANTA ROSA SANTA ROSA, CA
MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$3,628.80 $6,480.00 44%
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC SANTA ROSA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$3,720.45 $7,295.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
St Joseph Health Northern California LLC SANTA ROSA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN W/O DYE LIMITED
$3,720.45 $7,295.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
NorCal HealthConnect LLC PETALUMA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN W/O DYE LIMITED
$4,455.87 $8,737.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file
NorCal HealthConnect LLC PETALUMA, CA
HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O DYE
$4,455.87 $8,737.00 49% Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $438.09, median $2,380.17, highest $4,455.87 — a 10.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $3,720.45. 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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