Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $249.36 to $3,820.88, with a median of $467.79. The lowest price is at University of Louisville Hospital (Louisville). The highest price is 15.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $467.79, is 78% below the US median of $2,110.75.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Kentucky ranks 3rd of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$249.36University of Louisville Hospital
Median$467.79half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,820.88in Kentucky
Lowest saves$218.43vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MR BREAST W WO CAD BIL | $249.36 | $1,039.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph London London · Corbin, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $332.65 | $948.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling · Mount Sterling, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $364.86 | $966.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MR BREAST W WOCAD BIL | $374.04 | $1,039.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MR BREAST W WOCAD BIL | $394.82 | $1,039.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph East Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $430.40 | $1,025.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $432.55 | $1,025.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $442.61 | $932.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Continuing Care Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY HC MRI BREAST BIL WOW CON W/CAD | $454.49 | $1,025.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MR BREAST W WOCAD BIL | $467.55 | $1,039.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MR BREAST W WOCAD BIL | $467.55 | $1,039.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| CHI Saint Joseph Berea Nf Berea · Richmond-Berea, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $468.03 | $966.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Saint Joseph Hospital Nicholasville · Lexington-Fayette, KY HC MRI Breast Bil Wow Con W/Cad | $549.81 | $1,025.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Ohio County Hospital Hartford · Hartford, KY MRI BREAST W/O & W/BIL | $820.00 | $1,640.00 | Jan 12, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Corbin Corbin · Corbin, KY MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, KY MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Lexington Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Paducah Paducah · Paducah, KY-IL MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Richmond Richmond · Richmond-Berea, KY MRI scan of both breasts | $3,525.36 | $4,700.48 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center Ashland · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HCHG MRI BREAST BIL /W & W/O CONTRAST /CAD | $3,820.88 | $9,552.19 | Sep 25, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 8 | $249.36 | $450.05 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 5 | $430.40 | $454.49 |
| Corbin, KY | 2 | $332.65 | $1,929.00 |
| Richmond-Berea, KY | 2 | $468.03 | $1,996.70 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 1 | $3,525.36 | $3,525.36 |
| Hartford, KY | 1 | $820.00 | $820.00 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $3,820.88 | $3,820.88 |
| Mount Sterling, KY | 1 | $364.86 | $364.86 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 1 | $3,525.36 | $3,525.36 |
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
- Illinois$300.00
- Indiana$411.58
- Iowa$1,664.20
- Kansas$1,379.41
- 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.