Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Outpatient

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Columbus, OH

In Columbus, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,978.08 to $1,978.08, with a median of $1,978.08. Across Ohio, the median is $3,889.60 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 9 facilities across 7 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 Oct 22, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,978.08Morrow County Hospital

Median$1,978.08half pay less

Highest$1,978.08in 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 Columbus, OH.

median

Lowest $345.80Highest $2,187.25

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Morrow County Hospital lowest Mount Gilead, OH · (419) 946-5015 MRI scan of both breasts	$1,978.08	$3,043.20	$474.40–$2,951.90	35%	Oct 22, 2025 source file
Doctors Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Pickerington Methodist Hospital both sides Pickerington, OH Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Dublin Methodist Hospital both sides Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grove City Methodist both sides Grove City, OH Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Riverside Methodist Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grant Medical Center both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Mri Breast Abbreviated Bilat W & Wo Cont	$345.80	$532.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Pickerington Methodist Hospital both sides Pickerington, OH Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Doctors Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Dublin Methodist Hospital both sides Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Riverside Methodist Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grant Medical Center both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grove City Methodist both sides Grove City, OH Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,638.65	$2,521.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grady Memorial Hospital both sides Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,646.45	$2,533.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grady Memorial Hospital both sides Delaware, OH · (740) 368-5145 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$1,810.90	$2,786.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Berger Hospital both sides Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W Contrast	$1,820.65	$2,801.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Berger Hospital both sides Circleville, OH · (740) 420-8008 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,002.65	$3,081.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Dublin Methodist Hospital both sides Dublin, OH · (614) 544-8000 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grove City Methodist both sides Grove City, OH Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Doctors Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 544-2136 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Riverside Methodist Hospital both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-5000 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Pickerington Methodist Hospital both sides Pickerington, OH Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Grant Medical Center both sides Columbus, OH · (614) 566-9164 Hc Mri Breast Bilat W And Wo Contrast	$2,187.25	$3,365.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file

Outpatient: lowest $1,978.08, median $1,978.08, highest $1,978.08.

Both sides : lowest $345.80, median $345.80, highest $1,820.65 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $345.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 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.