Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Baton Rouge, LA — inpatient

In Baton Rouge, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye (both sides) as an inpatient: from $509.12 to $509.12, with a median of $509.12. Across Louisiana, the median is $711.45 at 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$509.12Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Median$509.12half of hospitals charge less

Highest$509.12in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge both sides Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 752-2470 HC MRI, BREAST, CAD, W&W/O CONTRAST, BILATERAL source file	$509.12	$1,591.00	—	68%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Both sides : lowest $509.12, median $509.12, highest $509.12.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $407.36 — 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.