Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye (both sides): from $1,415.50 to $1,487.00, with a median of $1,487.00. The lowest listed price is at Parkview Whitley Hospital — $71.50 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $2,294.40 at 9 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkview Whitley Hospital both sides lowest Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC MRI BREAST BILATERAL W/WO CON | $1,415.50 | $2,831.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital both sides Fort Wayne, IN HC MRI BREAST BILATERAL W/WO CON | $1,487.00 | $2,974.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center both sides Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC MRI BREAST BILATERAL W/WO CON | $1,487.00 | $2,974.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Both sides : lowest $1,415.50, median $1,487.00, highest $1,487.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,487.00. 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.