SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, no contrast dye in ELIZABETHTOWN, NY

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 Apr 28, 2026 and Apr 28, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Elizabethtown Community Hospital ELIZABETHTOWN, NY
CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$206.00 $206.00 Apr 28, 2026
file
Elizabethtown Community Hospital ELIZABETHTOWN, NY
HC - MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
$5,083.00 $5,083.00 Apr 28, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $206.00, median $2,644.50, highest $5,083.00 — a 24.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $206.00. 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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