Brain MRI with contrast cost in Rice Lake, WI
In Rice Lake, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $3,325.00 to $4,496.05, with a median of $3,910.53. The lowest listed price is at Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake — $585.53 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $3,265.00 at 99 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 20, 2026 and Feb 20, 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 Rice Lake, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake lowest Rice Lake, WI · (715) 234-1515 MRI BRAIN WO/W CNTRST + SEQ-TECH | $3,325.00 | $3,500.00 | $1,487.04–$3,430.00 | 5% | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Memorial Hospital Cumberland, WI · (715) 822-7200 MRI BRAIN W/O AND W/CONTRAST,TC | $4,496.05 | $4,496.05 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,325.00, median $3,910.53, highest $4,496.05 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,910.53. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.