SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 15, 2026 and Sep 15, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WATSONVILLE, CA
MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE
$4,712.52 $7,854.20 40% Sep 15, 2026
file
WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WATSONVILLE, CA
MR-BRAIN WWO
$4,712.52 $7,854.20 40% Sep 15, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $4,712.52, median $4,712.52, highest $4,712.52.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $4,712.52. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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