Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Outpatient

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 14 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $582.60 to $3,836.80, with a median of $582.60. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc..

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 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 Mar 31, 2026 and May 5, 2026.

Lowest$582.60St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc.
Median$582.60half pay less
Highest$3,836.80in this market
Difference6.6×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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.

median
Lowest $582.60Highest $3,836.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. lowest Anderson, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Carmel AmbSurg Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Endo Surgery Center Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc. Carmel, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. Anderson, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. Anderson, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLC Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLC Carmel, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. Fishers, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. Fishers, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. Fishers, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, Inc. Fishers, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $582.60 $971.00 40%
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St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital, Inc. Anderson, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $582.60 $971.00 40%
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Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital LLC Indianapolis, IN MRI BRAIN W & WO CONTRAST $969.74 $5,529.11 82%
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Major Hospital Shelbyville, IN MRI scan of brain before and after contrast $1,014.01 $3,271.00 69% Apr 7, 2026
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Riverview Health Noblesville, IN MRI BRAIN W/WO CONT $2,256.60 $3,761.00 40%
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. Elwood, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $2,508.00 $4,180.00 40%
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. Elwood, IN MRI PITUITRY OR IAC WO/WC(-XU) $2,508.00 $4,180.00 40%
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. Elwood, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $2,508.00 $4,180.00 40%
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St. Vincent Madison County Health System, Inc. Elwood, IN MRI BRAIN WO/WC $2,508.00 $4,180.00 40%
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Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN HC MRI Brain or Stem W/W/O Con $2,583.90 $2,871.00 10%
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Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN HC MRI Brain or Stem W/W/O Con $3,001.46 $3,334.96 10%
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Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon, IN MRI scan of brain before and after contrast $3,479.49 $4,970.70 30% Mar 31, 2026
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Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, IN MRI scan of brain before and after contrast $3,836.80 $4,796.00 20% May 5, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $582.60, median $582.60, highest $3,836.80 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $582.60. 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.