SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source
Cash prices at 3 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off | File date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN MRI BRAIN COMBO |
$862.75 | $2,975.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
|
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
MURFREESBORO, TN MRI STEALTH STERIO BRAIN |
$1,516.35 | $5,054.50 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
MURFREESBORO, TN MRI - BRAIN-W/WO C |
$1,516.35 | $5,054.50 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAIN W/WO CONT SPCTRSCO X |
$1,516.56 | $5,055.20 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAIN W/WO |
$1,516.56 | $5,055.20 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
MURFREESBORO, TN MRI BRAIN IAC W/WO |
$1,516.56 | $5,055.20 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
MURFREESBORO, TN MRI BRAIN PITUITARY W/WO |
$1,516.56 | $5,055.20 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAIN W/WO + CSF FLOW STDY |
$1,553.91 | $5,179.70 | 70% | — file |
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| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAIN W/WO+BRAINLAB+PERF |
$1,553.91 | $5,179.70 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAIN W/WO + PERFUSION |
$1,553.91 | $5,179.70 | 70% | — file |
|
| Saint Thomas West Hospital
HARDING PK NASHVILLE, TN MRI BRAINLAB + HEAD W/WO |
$1,553.91 | $5,179.70 | 70% | — file |
|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
LEBANON, TN HC MRI BRAIN W&W/O CON |
$1,945.32 | $6,708.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 file |
Outpatient: lowest $862.75, median $1,516.56, highest $1,945.32 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,404.04. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.