Breast MRI, both breasts cost in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for MRI of both breasts, without and then with contrast dye: from $705.34 to $3,240.00, with a median of $1,944.00. The lowest price is at Chambersburg Hospital (Chambersburg) and 5 other hospitals. The highest price is 4.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,944.00, is 8% below the US median of $2,110.75.
- That is 5.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($356.43).
- Pennsylvania ranks 13th of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$705.34Chambersburg Hospital + 5 more
Median$1,944.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,240.00in Pennsylvania
Lowest saves$1,238.66vs the median
Hospitals in Pennsylvania, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambersburg Hospital lowest Chambersburg · Chambersburg, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $2,600.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ephrata Community Hospital lowest Ephrata · Lancaster, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $2,600.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Evangelical Community Hospital lowest Lewisburg · Lewisburg, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $5,083.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Gettysburg Hospital lowest Gettysburg · Gettysburg, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $2,600.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital lowest Lebanon · Lebanon, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $2,600.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| York Hospital lowest York · York-Hanover, PA MRI Scan of Both Breasts | $705.34 | $2,600.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Monogahela Valley Hospital Monongahela · Pittsburgh, PA MRI BREAST W & W/O (BI) | $1,944.00 | $3,240.00 | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Brookville Brookville · Brookville, PA MRI Breast Pre-surgical planning w + w/o | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Clearfield Clearfield · DuBois, PA MRI Breast wo+w Contrast w CAD B/L | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Dubois DuBois · DuBois, PA MRI Breast wo+w Contrast w CAD B/L | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Elk Saint Marys · St. Marys, PA MRI Breast Pre-surgical planning w + w/o | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Huntingdon Huntingdon · Huntingdon, PA MRI Breast Pre-surgical planning w + w/o | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Penn Highlands Tyrone Tyrone · Altoona, PA MRI Breast Pre-surgical planning w + w/o | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuBois, PA | 2 | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 |
| Altoona, PA | 1 | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 |
| Brookville, PA | 1 | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 |
| Chambersburg, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
| Gettysburg, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
| Huntingdon, PA | 1 | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
| Lebanon, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
| Lewisburg, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $1,944.00 | $1,944.00 |
| St. Marys, PA | 1 | $3,240.00 | $3,240.00 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 1 | $705.34 | $705.34 |
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
- Ohio$3,889.60
- Oklahoma$1,812.17
- Oregon$2,274.00
- 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.