Scans and imaging CPT 72197 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pelvic MRI with contrast cost in Salem, OR — inpatient

In Salem, OR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of the pelvis without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $958.10 to $2,393.48, with a median of $2,393.48. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Silverton Medical Center — $1,435.38 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $2,672.00 at 38 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$958.10Legacy Silverton Medical Center
Median$2,393.48half pay less
Highest$2,393.48in this market
Difference2.5×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 Salem, OR.

median
Lowest $958.10Highest $2,759.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Legacy Silverton Medical Center lowest Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC MR PELVIS WITH/WITHOUT CONTRAST $958.10 $1,474.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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West Valley Hospital Dallas, OR · (503) 623-8301 HCHRG MRI PELVIS W/O AND W/CONTRAST $2,393.48 $4,516.00 — 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Hospital Salem, OR · (503) 561-5200 HCHRG MRI PELVIS W/O AND W/CONTRAST $2,393.48 $4,516.00 — 47% Apr 1, 2026
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Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, OR · (503) 873-1500 HC MR SACRUM WITH/WITHOUT CONTRAST $2,759.90 $4,246.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $958.10, median $2,393.48, highest $2,393.48 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $2,022.35 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 72197 ($2,527.20). 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.

Legacy Silverton Medical Center Silverton, ORCHG MRI PELVIS W/O & W/CONTRAST MATERIAL $189.15 file