SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 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 Feb 27, 2026 and Feb 28, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden WEST MEMPHIS, AR
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$905.70 $6,038.00 85% Feb 27, 2026
file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto SOUTHAVEN, MS
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$1,207.60 $6,038.00 80% Feb 27, 2026
file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's MEMPHIS, TN
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$1,267.98 $6,038.00 79% Feb 27, 2026
file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis MEMPHIS, TN
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$1,267.98 $6,038.00 79% Feb 28, 2026
file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville COLLIERVILLE, TN
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$1,267.98 $6,038.00 79% Feb 27, 2026
file
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton COVINGTON, TN
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
$1,451.28 $6,047.00 76% Feb 27, 2026
file
METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,858.78 $8,449.00 78%
file
METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,858.78 $8,449.00 78%
file
METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,858.78 $8,449.00 78%
file
METHODIST OLIVE BRANCH HOSPITAL OLIVE BRANCH, MS
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,858.78 $8,449.00 78%
file
METHODIST SOUTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,858.78 $8,449.00 78%
file
METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP MEMPHIS, TN
HC MRI Brain Combo - MRI Brain W WO Contrast
$1,951.84 $8,872.00 78%
file

Outpatient: lowest $905.70, median $1,655.03, highest $1,951.84 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $1,655.03. 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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