Scans and imaging CPT 70553 Outpatient

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in Kilmarnock, VA

In Kilmarnock, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $2,855.40 to $2,855.40, with a median of $2,855.40.

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 — and —.

Lowest$2,855.40Chesapeake Hospital LLC
Median$2,855.40half pay less
Highest$2,855.40in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Chesapeake Hospital LLC Kilmarnock, VA HC MRI-Brain WO & W Contrast $2,855.40 $4,759.00 40%
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Outpatient: lowest $2,855.40, median $2,855.40, highest $2,855.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,855.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.