MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Joplin, MO-KS
In Joplin, MO-KS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $2,827.50 to $3,556.05, with a median of $3,426.75. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Carthage.
Cash prices at 4 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 May 1, 2025 and May 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Joplin, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Carthage lowest Carthage, MO MRI Brain W/WO Cont | $2,827.50 | $4,350.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena, KS MRI Brain W/WO Cont | $3,125.85 | $4,809.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin dba Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin, MO MRI Brain W/WO Cont | $3,297.45 | $5,073.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO MR IAC'S W/WO CONTRAST | $3,556.05 | $5,926.75 | 40% | May 1, 2025 source file |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO MR - SELLA W/WO CONTRAST | $3,556.05 | $5,926.75 | 40% | May 1, 2025 source file |
| Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin, MO MR - BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST | $3,556.05 | $5,926.75 | 40% | May 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,827.50, median $3,426.75, highest $3,556.05 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $3,556.05. 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.