MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 22 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $360.49 to $11,486.25, with a median of $2,216.15. The lowest listed price is at Henry Ford Health.
Cash prices at 22 facilities across 17 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health lowest Rochester, MI MRI BRAIN WITH AND W/O CONTRAST | $360.49 | $767.00 | 53% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI HB MRI BRAIN/STEM W&W/O CONTRST | $479.72 | $4,982.00 | 90% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation Clinton Twp, MI HB MRI BRAIN/STEM W&W/O CONTRST | $479.72 | $4,982.00 | 90% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health System West Bloomfield, MI HB MRI BRAIN/STEM W&W/O CONTRST | $479.72 | $4,982.00 | 90% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Wyandotte, MI HB MRI BRAIN/STEM W&W/O CONTRST | $479.72 | $4,982.00 | 90% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $888.72 | $1,587.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health East China Township, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $888.72 | $1,587.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $1,312.08 | $2,343.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $1,312.08 | $2,343.00 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE | $1,559.83 | $3,119.66 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI MRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,570.55 | $3,141.10 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI MRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,570.55 | $3,141.10 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MI MRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast | $1,570.55 | $3,141.10 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $1,972.32 | $3,522.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Warren, MI MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $1,972.32 | $3,522.00 | 44% | — source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI MRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast | $2,216.15 | $4,432.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI MRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast | $2,216.15 | $4,432.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI MRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast | $2,216.15 | $4,432.30 | 50% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BRAIN W/STEM W/O & W/CONTR-MRI | $2,240.56 | $4,001.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Novi, MI BRAIN W/STEM W/O & W/CONTR-MRI | $2,240.56 | $4,001.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI BRAIN W/STEM W/O & W/CONTR-MRI | $2,240.56 | $4,001.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Henry Ford Health Southfield, MI BRAIN W/STEM W/O & W/CONTR-MRI | $2,240.56 | $4,001.00 | 44% | — source file |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Inc Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $5,787.75 | $7,717.00 | 25% | Apr 8, 2026 source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI Hc Mri Brain Wo & With Contrast | $6,234.00 | $6,234.00 | — | — source file |
| William Beaumont Hospital Troy, MI Hc Mri Brain Wo & With Contrast | $6,234.00 | $6,234.00 | — | — source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Wayne, MI Hc Mri Brain Wo & With Contrast | $6,234.00 | $6,234.00 | — | — source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Trenton, MI Hc Mri Brain Wo & With Contrast | $6,234.00 | $6,234.00 | — | — source file |
| Oakwood Healthcare Inc Taylor, MI Hc Mri Brain Wo & With Contrast | $6,234.00 | $6,234.00 | — | — source file |
| VHS Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital Inc Commerce Charter Twp, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $6,863.25 | $9,151.00 | 25% | May 20, 2026 source file |
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Inc Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $8,857.50 | $11,810.00 | 25% | Apr 6, 2026 source file |
| Vhs Harper-Hutzel Hospital INC Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $10,140.00 | $13,520.00 | 25% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Vhs Harper-Hutzel Hospital INC Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $10,140.00 | $13,520.00 | 25% | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| VHS Detroit Receiving Hospital Inc Detroit, MI MRI BRAIN WO/W CONTRAST | $11,486.25 | $15,315.00 | 25% | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $360.49, median $2,216.15, highest $11,486.25 — a 31.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 13 facilities here, median $6,234.00. 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.
6 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70553 ($2,545.78). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MIMRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MIMRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MIMRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MIMRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MIMRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |
| McLaren Port Huron Port Huron, MIMRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast - Report | $147.20 | file |