Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Outpatient

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Corbin, KY

In Corbin, KY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $3,910.93 to $6,243.91, with a median of $5,077.42. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Healthcare System INC.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026.

Lowest$3,910.93Baptist Healthcare System INC
Median$5,077.42half pay less
Highest$6,243.91in this market
Difference1.6×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Corbin, KY.

median
Lowest $3,910.93Highest $6,243.91

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Baptist Healthcare System INC lowest Corbin, KY MRI scan of brain before and after contrast $3,910.93 $5,214.57 25% Sep 15, 2026
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Adventhealth Manchester Manchester, KY HC MRI BRAIN COMBO $6,243.91 $6,243.91 Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $3,910.93, median $5,077.42, highest $6,243.91 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6,243.91. 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.