Scans and imaging CPT 70553 New Hampshire Outpatient

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye cost in New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $2,140.82 to $5,592.10, with a median of $2,797.30. The lowest price is at Elliot Hospital (Manchester). The highest price is 2.6× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 70553. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$2,140.82Elliot Hospital
Median$2,797.30half pay less
Highest$5,592.10in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$656.48vs the median

Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Mr Brain Wo&W Contrast $2,140.82 $5,786.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT MRI BRAIN W/O&W CONTRAST $2,294.69 $7,499.00 —
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC MRI-BRAIN WO & W CONTRAST $2,543.19 $6,521.00 —
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Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT MR BRAIN W/O, W/C $3,051.40 $5,548.00 Jun 6, 2026
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MR BRAIN W AND W/O CONTRAST $4,856.24 $8,093.74 Apr 1, 2026
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MaineHealth North Conway · North Conway, NH HC MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/ CONTRAST $5,592.10 $5,592.10 Sep 9, 2025
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 $2,140.82 $2,543.19
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 2 $2,294.69 $2,673.04
North Conway, NH 1 $5,592.10 $5,592.10

What it is

This brain MRI is done in two parts: first without contrast dye, then again after a gadolinium contrast dye is injected into a vein. The contrast helps show tumors, infection, inflammation and conditions such as multiple sclerosis more clearly.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may appear as its own pharmacy charge.

MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.