Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Boise City, ID
In Boise City, ID, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $2,780.00 to $4,280.00, with a median of $3,530.00. The lowest listed price is at St Luke's Regional Medical Center — $750.00 less than the median here. Across Idaho, the median is $2,780.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 77049, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boise City, ID.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center lowest Boise, ID · (208) 381-2222 | $2,780.00 | $2,780.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa, ID · (208) 505-2000 | $4,280.00 | $4,280.00 | — | — | — source file |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center Nampa, ID · (208) 505-2000 | $4,280.00 | $4,280.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,780.00, median $3,530.00, highest $4,280.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $4,280.00. 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
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.