MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Columbia, MO
In Columbia, MO, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $453.00 to $2,646.00, with a median of $2,646.00. The lowest listed price is at Boone Hospital Center.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Columbia, MO.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Hospital Center lowest Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN COMBO-CF | $453.00 | $755.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN/STEM W/WO CONT | $1,980.00 | $3,300.00 | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN WOW CONTRAST-XS | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN WOW CONTRAST-MM | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN WOW CONTRAST-JMRI | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN WOW CONTRAST-MOI | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia, MO MRI BRAIN WOW CONTRAST-DINM | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | 40% | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $453.00, median $2,646.00, highest $2,646.00 — a 5.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,646.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.