Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Outpatient

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Santa Rosa, CA

In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $3,691.38 to $3,691.38, with a median of $3,691.38. Across California, the median is $2,437.65 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$3,691.38Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Median$3,691.38half pay less
Highest$3,691.38in 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.

median
Lowest $3,691.38Highest $6,238.40
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital lowest Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC MRI BREAST W/O & W/ CONTRAST W/ CAD BIL $3,691.38 $7,238.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC MRI BREAST W/O & W/ CONTRAST W/ CAD BIL $5,562.57 $10,907.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital both sides Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC MRI BREAST W/CONTRAST BILATERAL $3,691.38 $7,238.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital both sides Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC MRI BREAST W/CONTRAST BILATERAL $5,562.57 $10,907.00 — 49% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa both sides Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL $6,238.40 $11,140.00 $511.00–$1,600.00 44% —
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Outpatient: lowest $3,691.38, median $3,691.38, highest $3,691.38.

Both sides : lowest $3,691.38, median $4,964.89, highest $6,238.40 — a 1.7× 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 $5,562.57. 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.