SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

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

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
UPMC Somerset SOMERSET, PA HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST MD		$175.80	$293.00	40%	— file
UPMC Somerset SOMERSET, PA HC MRI Brain W/O Contrast		$1,741.80	$2,903.00	40%	— file

Outpatient: lowest $175.80, median $958.80, highest $1,741.80 — a 9.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $958.80. 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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