Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Toledo, OH — inpatient

In Toledo, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye as an inpatient: from $1,494.30 to $1,494.30, with a median of $1,494.30. Across Ohio, the median is $3,889.60 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 77049, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,494.30Fulton County Health Center

Median$1,494.30half pay less

Highest$1,494.30in 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 Toledo, OH.

median

Lowest $1,494.30Highest $6,256.20

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Fulton County Health Center lowest Wauseon, OH MRI Bil breast w/wo contrast	$1,494.30	$2,134.72	—	30%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Wood County Hospital Association both sides Bowling Green, OH MRI BREAST BILAT W & WO CONTRAST	$1,613.75	$1,613.75	$1,258.73–$1,565.34	—	— source file
Nationwide Children's Hospital Toledo, LLC both sides Toledo, OH HC MRI BREAST W CONT BILATERAL	$6,256.20	$10,427.00	$2,606.75–$8,028.79	40%	— source file

Inpatient: lowest $1,494.30, median $1,494.30, highest $1,494.30.

Both sides : lowest $1,613.75, median $3,934.98, highest $6,256.20 — a 3.9× 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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,494.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.