MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 25 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $300.00 to $8,176.50, with a median of $721.30. The lowest listed price is at Maimonides Medical Center.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 19 cities for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Aug 13, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Medical Center lowest Brooklyn, NY IMAGING OF BRAIN W AND WO CONTRAST | $300.00 | $300.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY IMAGING OF BRAIN W AND WO CONTRAST. | $300.00 | $300.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $379.23 | $1,410.15 | 73% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ MRI Brain W&WO | $390.24 | $6,372.00 | 94% | — source file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJ MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O W/CONTRAST MATERIAL | $467.57 | $10,228.17 | 95% | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ MRI Brain W&WO | $476.54 | $6,920.00 | 93% | — source file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ MRI Brain W&WO | $476.54 | $1,208.00 | 61% | — source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ MRI Brain W&WO | $476.54 | $6,433.00 | 93% | — source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ MRI Brain W&WO | $476.54 | $6,311.00 | 92% | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Brooklyn, NY MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Brooklyn, NY MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Floor Hauppauge, NY MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Floor Hauppauge, NY MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $600.00 | $600.00 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Englewood Health Englewood, NJ MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O &W/Contrast Material | $721.30 | $7,213.00 | 90% | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| Nassau Health Care Corporation East Meadow, NY MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE | $884.80 | $1,264.00 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Health Plaza Paramus, NJ GAMMA KNIFE BRAIN W/O & W CON | $1,698.60 | $2,831.00 | 40% | — source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY HC MRI BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $1,767.26 | $9,301.39 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC MRI BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $1,767.26 | $9,301.39 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY HC MRI BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $1,767.26 | $9,301.39 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw, NY MRI BRAIN W & W/O CONTRAST | $1,849.00 | $1,849.00 | — | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Health Plaza Paramus, NJ MRI BRAIN W/O & WITH CON | $2,100.00 | $3,500.00 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Health Plaza Paramus, NJ MR BRAIN AND PITUITARY | $2,100.00 | $3,500.00 | 40% | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC MRI BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $2,382.76 | $12,540.86 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital?Suffolk Patchogue, NY HC MRI BRAIN W/O & W/DYE | $2,382.76 | $12,540.86 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau Health Care Corporation East Meadow, NY Mri Brain W&W/O Contrast | $3,160.22 | $4,514.59 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY MRI BRAIN W/W/O CONTRAST | $6,564.00 | $6,564.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast | $8,176.50 | $9,085.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast | $8,176.50 | $9,085.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY HC MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast | $8,176.50 | $9,085.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast | $8,176.50 | $9,085.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O W/Contrast | $8,176.50 | $9,085.00 | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $300.00, median $721.30, highest $8,176.50 — a 27.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 43 facilities here, median $600.00 — 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.