SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Columbus, OH

Cash prices at 17 facilities across 11 cities 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 Oct 22, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. BROOKFIELD, WI
HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST
$1,426.76 $2,692.00 47%
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, Inc. BROOKFIELD, WI
HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST
$1,426.76 $2,692.00 47%
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Grady Memorial Hospital DELAWARE, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$1,930.50 $2,970.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Riverside Methodist Hospital COLUMBUS, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Doctors Hospital COLUMBUS, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Dublin Methodist Hospital DUBLIN, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grant Medical Center COLUMBUS, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Grove City Methodist GROVE CITY, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Pickerington Methodist Hospital PICKERINGTON, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,004.60 $3,084.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Carmel Grove City GROVE CITY, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel Dublin DUBLIN, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital NEW ALBANY, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel East COLUMBUS, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Diley Ridge Medical Center CANAL WINCHESTER, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Mount Carmel St Ann's WESTERVILLE, OH
HC MRI Brain W/O & W/Contrast
$2,022.15 $3,111.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Berger Hospital CIRCLEVILLE, OH
Hc Mri Brain Stem W Wo Contrast
$2,070.90 $3,186.00 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Morrow County Hospital MOUNT GILEAD, OH
MRI scan of brain before and after contrast
$2,486.90 $3,826.00 35% Oct 22, 2025
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Nationwide Children's Hospital COLUMBUS, OH
BRAIN (INCL BRAIN STEM), W/ & W/O CONTRAST
$3,483.00 $3,870.00 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,426.76, median $2,013.38, highest $3,483.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 16 facilities here, median $2,013.38. 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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