Brain MRI with contrast cost in Little Rock, AR — inpatient
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,793.39 to $1,810.32, with a median of $1,801.86. The lowest listed price is at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center — $8.47 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $1,730.52 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center lowest Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 MRI BRAIN WO W | $1,793.39 | $7,055.00 | — | 75% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center lowest Sherwood, AR · (501) 552-7100 MRI IAC WO W | $1,793.39 | $7,055.00 | — | 75% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 MRI BRAIN WO W | $1,810.32 | $7,055.00 | — | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| St Vincent Infirmary Medical Center Little Rock, AR · (501) 552-3000 MRI IAC WO W | $1,810.32 | $7,055.00 | — | 74% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,793.39, median $1,801.86, highest $1,810.32.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,520.40 — 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.