Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,944.00 to $1,944.00, with a median of $1,944.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $705.34 at 11 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monogahela Valley Hospital lowest Monongahela, PA · (724) 258-1000 MRI BREAST W & W/O (BI) | $1,944.00 | $3,240.00 | $871.56–$3,970.62 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Washington both sides Washington, PA · (724) 225-7000 MRI BREAST BILATERAL W WO | $1,686.51 | $2,409.30 | $320.80–$1,734.70 | 30% | — source file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital both sides Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC MRI BREAST BILAT W/CONTRAST | $2,103.08 | $2,842.00 | $351.14–$730.26 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital both sides Wexford, PA · (412) 295-3319 HC MRI BREAST BILAT W/OUT & W/CON | $2,103.08 | $2,842.00 | $351.14–$730.26 | 26% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Passavant - McCandless both sides Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 367-6700 HC MR BREAST W/WO CONT BILATERAL | $5,999.40 | $9,999.00 | $169.13–$8,499.15 | 40% | — source file |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital both sides Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 641-4010 HC MR BREAST W/WO CONT BILATERAL | $6,741.00 | $11,235.00 | $169.13–$10,336.20 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,944.00, median $1,944.00, highest $1,944.00.
Both sides : lowest $1,686.51, median $4,051.24, highest $6,741.00 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,944.00. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 77049 ($1,875.95). 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.
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PACHG MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL | $79.82 | file |