Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Brain MRI with contrast cost in Centralia, IL — inpatient

In Centralia, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $2,364.78 to $2,364.78, with a median of $2,364.78. Across Illinois, the median is $4,157.14 at 112 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 3, 2025 and Dec 3, 2025.

Lowest$2,364.78Salem Township Hospital

Median$2,364.78half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,364.78in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Salem Township Hospital Salem, IL · (618) 548-3194 HC 70553 MRI BRAIN (INC BRAIN STEM) WO/W CONTRAST File of Dec 3, 2025 · source file	$2,364.78	$5,911.94	$1,182.39–$1,655.34	60%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $2,364.78, median $2,364.78, highest $2,364.78.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,364.78 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.