MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Bay City, MI
In Bay City, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $1,274.50 to $1,274.50, with a median of $1,274.50. Across Michigan, the median is $2,216.15 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bay City, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLaren Bay Region lowest Bay City, MI MRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,274.50 | $2,549.00 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Bay Region lowest Bay City, MI MRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,274.50 | $2,549.00 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Bay Region lowest Bay City, MI MRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,274.50 | $2,549.00 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,274.50, median $1,274.50, highest $1,274.50.
What it is
This brain MRI is done in two parts: first without contrast dye, then again after a gadolinium contrast dye is injected into a vein. The contrast helps show tumors, infection, inflammation and conditions such as multiple sclerosis more clearly.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may appear as its own pharmacy charge.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70553 ($2,507.70). 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.
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Bay Region Bay City, MIMRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |