Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Ohio
In Ohio, 26 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $225.00 to $7,616.00, with a median of $3,889.60. The lowest price is at Bethesda North (Cincinnati) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 33.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $3,889.60, is 84% above the US median of $2,110.75.
- That is 10.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Ohio ranks 28th of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 26 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Ohio's Hospital Care Assurance Program (HCAP): Ohio residents who are not on Medicaid and whose income is at or below 100% of the federal poverty level get basic, medically necessary hospital services free at hospitals in the program; physician bills are not included. Ask the hospital's billing office for an HCAP 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 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$225.00Bethesda North + 2 more
Median$3,889.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,616.00in Ohio
Lowest saves$3,664.60vs the median
Hospitals in Ohio, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethesda North lowest Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HC MR Bil Breast Screening W and WO Cont | $225.00 | $300.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital lowest Oxford · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HC MR Bil Breast Screening W and WO Cont | $225.00 | $300.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, OH lowest Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HC MR Bil Breast Screening W and WO Cont | $225.00 | $300.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center Findlay · Findlay, OH MRI Breast Screen Abbrev w/+w/o Con Bil | $802.00 | $802.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Hospital Bluffton · Lima, OH MRI Breast Screen Abbrev w/+w/o Con Bil | $802.00 | $802.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Fulton County Health Center Wauseon · Toledo, OH MRI Bil breast w/wo contrast | $1,494.30 | $2,134.72 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aultman Hospital Canton · Canton-Massillon, OH Mri Breast Bil Wo&W Dye W Cad | $1,672.65 | $3,717.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead · Columbus, OH MRI scan of both breasts | $1,978.08 | $3,043.20 | Oct 22, 2025 source file |
| Summa Health System Akron · Akron, OH Hc Mri Breast W/Wo Cont Bil W Cad | $2,110.75 | $2,110.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio Portsmouth · Portsmouth, OH HCHG MRI BREAST BIL /W & W/O CONTRAST /CAD | $2,899.53 | $7,248.82 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Akron General Medical Center Akron · Akron, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital Avon · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital Canton · Canton-Massillon, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Euclid Hospital Euclid · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Hospital Cleveland · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital Mayfield Heights · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital Cleveland · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Marymount Hospital Garfield Heights · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Medina Hospital Medina · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| South Pointe Hospital Warrensville Heights · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland · Cleveland, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 16, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Dover · New Philadelphia-Dover, OH MRI BREAST BIL W/ CONTR | $3,889.60 | $5,984.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Mary Rutan Hospital Bellefontaine · Bellefontaine, OH Mri Bil Breast W/Wo Diagn | $4,240.80 | $5,301.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Medical Center Middletown · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HC MRI BREAST WO & W CONTRAST INCL CAD BIL | $6,923.00 | $6,923.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Miami Valley Hospital Dayton · Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH HC MRI BREAST WO & W CONTRAST INCL CAD BIL | $7,616.00 | $7,616.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Upper Valley Medical Center Troy · Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH HC MRI BREAST WO & W CONTRAST INCL CAD BIL | $7,616.00 | $7,616.00 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland, OH | 9 | $3,889.60 | $3,889.60 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 4 | $225.00 | $225.00 |
| Akron, OH | 2 | $2,110.75 | $3,000.18 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 2 | $1,672.65 | $2,781.12 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 2 | $7,616.00 | $7,616.00 |
| Bellefontaine, OH | 1 | $4,240.80 | $4,240.80 |
| Columbus, OH | 1 | $1,978.08 | $1,978.08 |
| Findlay, OH | 1 | $802.00 | $802.00 |
| Lima, OH | 1 | $802.00 | $802.00 |
| New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 1 | $3,889.60 | $3,889.60 |
| Portsmouth, OH | 1 | $2,899.53 | $2,899.53 |
| Toledo, OH | 1 | $1,494.30 | $1,494.30 |
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
- 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
- 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.