Brain MRI with contrast cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 54 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $357.13 to $25,214.00, with a median of $1,023.47. The lowest price is at JFK University Medical Center (Edison) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 70.6× the lowest.

• The median here, $1,023.47, is 62% below the US median of $2,721.18.
• That is 2.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
• New Jersey ranks 3rd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 11 of 54 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

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 Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map