Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Outpatient

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Riverside, CA

In Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $1,461.00 to $1,461.00, with a median of $1,461.00. Across California, the median is $3,328.15 at 27 hospitals.

The median here, $1,461.00, is 31% below the US median of $2,110.75.
That is 4.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 77049, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 30, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026.

Lowest$1,461.00San Antonio Regional Hospital

Median$1,461.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,461.00in 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA.

median

Lowest $222.11Highest $9,447.90

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
San Antonio Regional Hospital lowest Upland, CA · (909) 985-2811 MRI scan of both breasts File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file	$1,461.00	$9,766.00	$357.86–$17,945.03	85%
Eisenhower Medical Center both sides Rancho Mirage, CA · (760) 340-3911 HC MRI Breast W/WO Contrast Bilat File of Apr 2, 2026 · source file	$222.11	$3,321.00	$337.84–$5,603.47	93%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fontana both sides Fontana, CA · (909) 427-5000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,196.00	$2,300.00	$335.00–$995.00	48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Riverside both sides Riverside, CA · (951) 353-2000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,196.00	$2,300.00	$335.00–$995.00	48%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Moreno Valley both sides Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 251-6530 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,196.00	$2,300.00	$335.00–$995.00	48%
Kaiser Ontario Medical Center Campus both sides Ontario, CA · (909) 427-5000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$1,196.00	$2,300.00	$335.00–$995.00	48%
Loma Linda University Medical Center - Murrieta both sides Murrieta, CA · (951) 290-4000 HC MRI BRST BI W WO CNTRST W CAD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file	$1,904.40	$4,232.00	$325.00–$3,597.20	55%
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital both sides Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-8000 HC MRI BRST BI W WO CNTRST W CAD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file	$3,195.45	$7,101.00	$567.57–$6,035.85	55%
Riverside University Medical Center both sides Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC MRI, Breast, W/WO Contrast, Including Cad and Pharmacokinetic Analysis, When Performed Bilateral+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file	$3,524.30	$3,524.30	$246.62–$3,524.30	—
Loma Linda University Medical Center both sides Loma Linda, CA · (909) 558-4000 HC MRI BRST BI W WO CNTRST W CAD File of Sep 2, 2026 · source file	$5,506.20	$12,236.00	$581.08–$11,012.40	55%
Riverside University Medical Center both sides Moreno Valley, CA · (951) 486-4000 HC MRI Brst Bi W WO Cntrst W Cad+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file	$9,447.90	$9,447.90	$246.62–$9,447.90	—

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.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

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 $1,461.00, median $1,461.00, highest $1,461.00.

Both sides : lowest $222.11, median $1,196.00, highest $5,506.20 — a 24.8× 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 9 facilities here, median $1,196.00. 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.

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