SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
Arkansas Childrens Northwest SPRINGDALE, AR MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE		$340.11	$377.90	10%	— file
Ozarks Community Hospital GRAVETTE, AR MRI HEAD WWO		$900.00	$3,665.00	75%	— file
Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas DEPARTMENT BELLA VISTA, AR MRI Brain W/WO Cont		$2,960.75	$4,555.00	35%	— file
Arkansas Childrens Northwest SPRINGDALE, AR MRI SCAN OF BRAIN BEFORE AND AFTER CONTRAST		$4,421.22	$4,912.47	10%	— file

Outpatient: lowest $340.11, median $1,930.38, highest $4,421.22 — a 13.0× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,390.40. 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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