Brain MRI with contrast cost in Rockford, IL — inpatient
In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $5,403.22 to $5,403.22, with a median of $5,403.22. Across Illinois, the median is $3,992.00 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 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 Rockford, IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 RC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST W STEALT | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI BRAIN WITH IAC'S COMBINED | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 RC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST W STEALT | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC MRI BRAIN WITH IAC'S COMBINED | $5,403.22 | $7,204.30 | — | 25% | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $5,403.22, median $5,403.22, highest $5,403.22.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $5,403.22 — 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70553 ($2,831.79). 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.
| Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, ILHC PBB PR MRI BRAIN COMBO | $280.69 | file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, ILHC PBB PR MRI BRAIN COMBO | $280.69 | file |