Scans and imaging CPT 77049 Outpatient

Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Vallejo, CA

In Vallejo, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye (both sides): from $6,238.40 to $6,238.40, with a median of $6,238.40. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $2,437.65 at 16 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 — and —.

Lowest$6,238.40Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo + 1 more
Median$6,238.40half pay less
Highest$6,238.40in 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 Vallejo, CA.

median
Lowest $6,238.40Highest $6,238.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo both sides lowest Vallejo, CA · (707) 651-1000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL $6,238.40 $11,140.00 $511.00–$1,600.00 44% —
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville both sides lowest Vacaville, CA · (707) 624-4000 MRI BREAST WITHOUT&WITH CONTRAST W/CAD BILATERAL $6,238.40 $11,140.00 $511.00–$1,600.00 44% —
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Both sides : lowest $6,238.40, median $6,238.40, highest $6,238.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $6,238.40. 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 0 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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.