Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Brain MRI with contrast cost in Grand Junction, CO — inpatient

In Grand Junction, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $467.60 to $467.60, with a median of $467.60. Across Colorado, the median is $4,043.00 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$467.60Family Health West Hospital
Median$467.60half pay less
Highest$467.60in this market
Difference1.0×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 Grand Junction, CO.

median
Lowest $467.60Highest $3,161.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O W/CONTRAST MATERIAL $467.60 $668.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital lowest Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 CAH MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O W/CONTRAST MATERIAL $467.60 $668.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST $3,161.90 $4,517.00 — 30% —
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Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO · (970) 858-9871 HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST $3,161.90 $4,517.00 — 30% —
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Inpatient: lowest $467.60, median $467.60, highest $467.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $467.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.