SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Cedar Rapids, IA

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 Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
St Luke'sJones Regional Medical Center ANAMOSA, IA
PR MRI BRAIN COMBO
$945.60 $1,182.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
St Luke'sJones Regional Medical Center ANAMOSA, IA
HC MRI BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$4,597.56 $5,746.95 20% Jan 28, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $945.60, median $2,771.58, highest $4,597.56 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,771.58. 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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