SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Urban Honolulu, HI

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 12, 2026 and Feb 12, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
STRAUB CLINIC & HOSPITAL HONOLULU, HI
MR BRAIN WITHOUT & WITH CONTRAST-TECH
$1,827.00 $3,045.00 40% Feb 12, 2026
file
PALI MOMI MEDICAL CENTER AIEA, HI
MR BRAIN WITHOUT & WITH CONTRAST-TECH
$1,967.40 $3,279.00 40% Feb 12, 2026
file
KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN HONOLULU, HI
MR BRAIN WITHOUT & WITH CONTRAST-TECH
$2,142.60 $3,571.00 40% Feb 12, 2026
file
Shriners Childrens - Honolulu HONOLULU, HI
MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE
$3,520.60 $3,520.60
file

Outpatient: lowest $1,827.00, median $2,055.00, highest $3,520.60 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,967.40. 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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