SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 Apr 30, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
AdventHealth Littleton LITTLETON, CO
HC MRI BRAIN COMBO
$1,354.28 $1,354.28 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Porter DENVER, CO
HC MRI BRAIN COMBO
$1,354.28 $1,354.28 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Castle Rock CASTLE ROCK, CO
HC MRI BRAIN COMBO
$1,354.28 $1,354.28 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Parker PARKER, CO
HC MRI BRAIN COMBO
$1,354.28 $1,354.28 Apr 1, 2026
file
Denver Health and Hospital Authority DENVER, CO
HC MRI BRAIN INC STEM W/O,W CN
$1,863.11 $5,323.16 65% Apr 30, 2026
file
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH DENVER, CO
HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST
$2,156.00 $3,080.00 30%
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,354.28, median $1,354.28, highest $2,156.00 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $1,354.28. 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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