Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Outpatient

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Mount Pleasant, MI

In Mount Pleasant, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $1,645.70 to $1,645.70, with a median of $1,645.70. Across Michigan, the median is $2,216.15 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 31, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025.

Lowest$1,645.70McLaren Central Michigan
Median$1,645.70half pay less
Highest$1,645.70in 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 Mount Pleasant, MI.

median
Lowest $1,645.70Highest $1,645.70

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
McLaren Central Michigan lowest Mount Pleasant, MI MRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast $1,645.70 $3,291.40 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Central Michigan lowest Mount Pleasant, MI MRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast $1,645.70 $3,291.40 50% Dec 31, 2025
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McLaren Central Michigan lowest Mount Pleasant, MI MRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast $1,645.70 $3,291.40 50% Dec 31, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $1,645.70, median $1,645.70, highest $1,645.70.

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.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70553 ($2,507.70). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

McLaren Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MIMRI Pituitary w/ + w/o Contrast - Report $147.20 file
McLaren Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MIMRI Brain w/ + w/o Contrast - Report $147.20 file
McLaren Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, MIMRI IAC w/ + w/o Contrast - Report $147.20 file