Scans and imaging CPT 72197 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic MRI with contrast cost in Jackson, MS — inpatient

In Jackson, MS, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the pelvis without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $1,942.17 to $4,203.63, with a median of $2,046.87. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo — $104.70 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $1,670.72 at 15 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 72197, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,942.17Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Median$2,046.87half pay less
Highest$4,203.63in this market
Difference2.2×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 Jackson, MS.

median
Lowest $1,942.17Highest $4,203.63

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HC MR PELVIS W WO CONTRAST $1,942.17 $4,737.00 $1,800.06–$4,263.30 59% Feb 17, 2026
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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HC MR PELVIS W WO CONTRAST $2,046.87 $9,747.00 $3,703.86–$7,797.60 79% Feb 25, 2026
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River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 MRI Pelvis WWO $4,203.63 $15,569.00 $1,572.47–$14,012.10 73% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,942.17, median $2,046.87, highest $4,203.63 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,046.87 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

A pelvic MRI without and with contrast images the uterus, ovaries, prostate, bladder and rectum. It is used for tumors, fibroids and prostate cancer staging.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.