Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — inpatient

In Oshkosh-Neenah, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,949.20 to $3,265.00, with a median of $1,949.20. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 24, 2026.

Lowest$1,949.20Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Median$1,949.20half pay less
Highest$3,265.00in this market
Difference1.7×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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI.

median
Lowest $1,949.20Highest $3,265.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin lowest Neenah, WI HBC FV MRI BRAIN WO AND W CONTRAST $1,949.20 $3,544.00 45% Mar 24, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Neenah, WI HBC FV MRI BRAIN WO AND W CONTRAST $1,949.20 $3,544.00 45% Mar 24, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI MR BRAIN W/WO DYE $3,265.00 $6,530.00 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $1,949.20, median $1,949.20, highest $3,265.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $1,949.20 — 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.