Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Bakersfield, CA — inpatient

In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye as an inpatient: from $2,127.95 to $2,127.95, with a median of $2,127.95. Across California, the median is $2,437.65 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 77049, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Lowest$2,127.95Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Median$2,127.95half pay less
Highest$2,127.95in 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA.

median
Lowest $2,127.95Highest $2,127.95
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital lowest Ridgecrest, CA Mri breasts w&wo $2,127.95 $4,015.00 — 47% Sep 11, 2026
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital both sides Ridgecrest, CA Mri breast c-+ w/cad bi $2,127.95 $4,015.00 — 47% Sep 11, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2,127.95, median $2,127.95, highest $2,127.95.

Both sides : lowest $2,127.95, median $2,127.95, highest $2,127.95.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,127.95 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A breast MRI takes pictures of both breasts before and after contrast dye is injected into a vein, and the code includes computer-aided analysis of the images. It is used to screen women at high risk of breast cancer and to check the extent of a cancer that has already been found.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the imaging of both breasts and the computer analysis; the contrast agent may appear as a separate line. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.