Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Brain MRI with contrast cost in Cut Bank, MT — inpatient

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye as an inpatient: from $2,699.78 to $2,699.78, with a median of $2,699.78. Across Montana, the median is $2,835.58 at 20 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,699.78Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$2,699.78half pay less
Highest$2,699.78in this market
Difference1.0×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 Cut Bank, MT.

median
Lowest $2,699.78Highest $2,699.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 MR Exam $2,699.78 $4,153.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 MR Brain w/wo Contrast Limited $2,699.78 $4,153.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2,699.78, median $2,699.78, highest $2,699.78.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,699.78 — 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.

6 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.

Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR Brain w/wo Contrast w/ Perfusion - Report $168.35 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR IAC w/wo Contrast - Report $168.35 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR Cranial Nerve/Brain w/wo Contrast - Report $168.35 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR Skull Base/Brain w/wo Contrast - Report $168.35 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR Brain w/wo Contrast - Report $168.35 file
Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MTMR Pituitary w/wo Contrast - Report $168.35 file