Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Illinois
In Illinois, 23 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $250.00 to $8,995.00, with a median of $300.00. The lowest price is at Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn (Oak Lawn) and 10 other hospitals. The highest price is 36.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $300.00, is 86% below the US median of $2,110.75.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Illinois has the lowest median of 31 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 4 of 23 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 77049. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$250.00Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn + 10 more
Median$300.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,995.00in Illinois
Lowest saves$50.00vs the median
Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn lowest Oak Lawn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge lowest Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 6, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center lowest Oak Lawn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Condell Medical Center lowest Libertyville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital lowest Downers Grove · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital lowest Barrington · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center lowest Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital lowest Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Sherman Hospital lowest Elgin · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate South Suburban Hospital lowest Hazel Crest · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital lowest Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MR BREAST W/WO W/CAD CON BIL SELF PAY | $250.00 | $500.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MR Screen Breast Dense Bil w/wo C | $300.00 | $500.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital of Staunton Staunton · St. Louis, MO-IL MRI BREAST BIL-W/WO W/CAD | $548.90 | $1,097.80 | Feb 9, 2026 source file |
| Riverside Medical Center Kankakee · Kankakee, IL MRI SCAN OF BOTH BREASTS | $1,139.34 | $4,280.00 | Mar 15, 2026 source file |
| Community First Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MRI scan of both breasts | $1,631.25 | $3,262.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MR Breast Bil w/wo Contrast | $1,685.40 | $2,809.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Morris Hospital Morris · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN MRI scan of both breasts | $1,857.43 | $7,720.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Mattoon · Charleston-Mattoon, IL MRI scan of both breasts | $3,376.00 | $3,376.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL MRI scan of both breasts | $3,417.60 | $4,272.00 | Jan 22, 2026 source file |
| Anderson Hospital Maryville · St. Louis, MO-IL MRI BREAST BIL-W/WO W/CAD | $3,498.50 | $6,997.00 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Mri Without Contrast Followed By With Contrast, Breast; Bilteral | $5,820.00 | $5,820.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Mri Without Contrast Followed By With Contrast, Breast; Bilteral | $6,583.00 | $6,583.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochelle Community Hospital Rochelle · Rochelle, IL MRI scan of both breasts | $8,995.00 | $8,995.00 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 15 | $250.00 | $250.00 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 2 | $300.00 | $992.70 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2 | $548.90 | $2,023.70 |
| Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 1 | $3,376.00 | $3,376.00 |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $3,417.60 | $3,417.60 |
| Kankakee, IL | 1 | $1,139.34 | $1,139.34 |
| Rochelle, IL | 1 | $8,995.00 | $8,995.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What breast MRI, both breasts is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Breast MRI, both breasts explained.
MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye in other states
- Alabama$2,331.89
- Alaska$4,843.35
- Arizona$1,893.85, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$1,513.20, 4 hospitals
- California$3,328.15
- Colorado$2,177.00, 4 hospitals
- Connecticut$2,148.71, 1 hospital
- Delaware$5,418.75, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$2,629.99, 2 hospitals
- Florida$3,730.35
- Georgia$3,798.00
- Hawaii$2,289.70, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$2,780.00
- Indiana$411.58
- Iowa$1,664.20
- Kansas$1,379.41
- Kentucky$467.79
- Louisiana$711.45, 2 hospitals
- Maine$2,528.50
- Maryland$1,005.24
- Massachusetts$2,448.60
- Michigan$2,735.00
- Minnesota$1,439.03
- Mississippi$2,331.89
- Missouri$1,785.00
- Montana$1,884.60
- Nebraska$3,264.42
- Nevada$2,067.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$59,459.00, 2 hospitals
- New Mexico$706.52, 1 hospital
- New York$3,229.00
- North Carolina$4,774.56
- Ohio$3,889.60
- Oklahoma$1,812.17
- Oregon$2,274.00
- Pennsylvania$1,944.00
- Puerto Rico$3,150.00, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$771.52
- Texas$1,357.00
- Washington$2,400.00
- West Virginia$1,989.00
- Wisconsin$4,869.23
- Wyoming$416.20, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.