Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Outpatient

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Philadelphia, PA

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $431.23 to $431.23, with a median of $431.23. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,944.00 at 13 hospitals.

  • The median here, $431.23, is 80% below the US median of $2,110.75.
  • That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
  • 1 of 1 hospital list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 77049, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Lowest$431.23Union Hospital of Cecil County
Median$431.23half of hospitals charge less
Highest$431.23in 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

median
Lowest $431.23Highest $2,848.62
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Union Hospital of Cecil County lowest Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 MRI,BREAST,SCREENING GLR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $431.23 $431.23 — —
Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 MRI,BREAST,W/WO,CAD BIL GLR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,863.22 $1,863.22 — —
Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton both sides Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC MRI Breast W Cad W and WO Contrast Bilateral File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $988.60 $9,886.00 $417.20–$6,174.91 90%
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes both sides Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC MRI Breast W Cad W and WO Contrast Bilateral File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $988.60 $9,886.00 $417.20–$6,174.91 90%
Virtua Memorial Hospital both sides Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC MRI Breast W Cad W and WO Contrast Bilateral File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $988.60 $9,886.00 $417.20–$6,174.91 90%
Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees both sides Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC MRI Breast W Cad W and WO Contrast Bilateral+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file $988.60 $9,886.00 $417.20–$6,174.91 90%
Virtua Willingboro Hospital both sides Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC MRI Breast W Cad W and WO Contrast Bilateral File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $988.60 $9,886.00 $417.20–$6,174.91 90%
Inspira Medical Center Mannington both sides Salem, NJ MRI BREAST C-+ W/CAD BI File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $1,594.80 $1,594.80 $144.97–$1,449.25 —
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill both sides Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 MRI BREAST C-+ W/CAD BI File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $1,594.80 $1,594.80 $290.22–$1,449.25 —
Inspira Medical Center Elmer both sides Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 MRI BREAST C-+ W/CAD BI File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $1,594.80 $1,594.80 $181.17–$1,449.25 —
Inspira Health Center Woodbury both sides Woodbury, NJ MRI BREAST C-+ W/CAD BI File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file $1,594.80 $1,594.80 $218.49–$1,449.25 —
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center both sides Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Bilat Breast w/ & w/o Contrast - HRHMC MRI File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file $2,532.11 $4,220.18 $356.23–$3,249.54 40%
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center both sides Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 CAD Breast w/ Contrast Bilat - HRHMC MRI+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file $2,848.62 $4,747.70 $356.23–$3,655.73 40%
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $431.23, median $431.23, highest $431.23.

Both sides : lowest $988.60, median $1,291.70, highest $2,532.11 — a 2.6× 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 1 facility here, median $431.23. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What breast MRI, both breasts is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breast MRI, both breasts explained.

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 77049 ($1,902.60). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HospitalCash priceFile
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PAHc Mri Abbreviated Breast Scan $119.60 file
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PAHc Mri Abbreviated Breast Scan $119.60 file
Paoli Hospital Paoli, PAHc Mri Abbreviated Breast Scan $119.60 file
Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PAHc Mri Abbreviated Breast Scan $119.60 file
Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PAHc Mri Abbreviated Breast Scan $119.60 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.