Itemized · Procedures · Brain MRI with and without contrast · with Blue Cross Blue Shield

Brain MRI with and without contrast with Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Negotiated rates Blue Cross Blue Shield pays for brain mri with and without contrast at 89 US hospitals. Range: $1 to $11,578. Your specific cost depends on your plan tier, deductible status, and coinsurance — see the comparison tool to model your exact out-of-pocket.

Top hospitals by Blue Cross Blue Shield rate.

#	Hospital	Blue Cross Blue Shield rate
1	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$1 – $4,562
2	Adventist Health Glendale Glendale, CA	$17 – $4,405
3	Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	$25 – $162
4	Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello Montebello, CA	$85 – $3,976
5	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$119 – $3,999
6	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$144 – $4,337
7	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$154 – $171
8	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$154 – $171
9	Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin Austin, TX	$333 – $1,707
10	Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX	$333 – $1,707
11	Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX	$333 – $1,707
12	Ascension Seton Northwest Hospital Austin, TX	$333 – $1,707
13	St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX	$345 – $2,214
14	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$345 – $1,768
15	St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock, TX	$345 – $3,678
16	Heart Hospital of Austin Austin, TX	$345 – $2,214
17	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	$346 – $4,477
18	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$421
19	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$422
20	San Gabriel Valley Medical Center San Gabriel, CA	$442 – $10,650
21	Garfield Medical Center Monterey Park, CA	$442 – $10,650
22	Greater El Monte Community Hospital South El Monte, CA	$442 – $10,553
23	Monterey Park Hospital Monterey Park, CA	$442 – $9,341
24	Saint Francis Medical Center Lynwood, CA	$447
25	Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA	$449 – $10,553
26	Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX	$458 – $1,665
27	Providence Saint Joseph (Burbank) Los Angeles, CA	$470 – $5,174
28	Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA	$470 – $5,754
29	Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA	$470 – $3,919
30	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$470 – $12,608
31	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$470 – $12,608
32	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$472 – $1,122
33	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$472 – $1,122
34	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$480
35	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$485
36	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$505 – $1,389
37	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	$511 – $3,609
38	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	$721 – $5,533
39	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$727 – $1,418
40	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Houston, TX	$750 – $12,037
41	Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington, MA	$776 – $1,315
42	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX	$821 – $11,271
43	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$846 – $10,653
44	Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA	$846 – $10,783
45	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$961
46	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$961
47	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$1,050 – $1,330
48	Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX	$1,059 – $2,707
49	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA	$1,068
50	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$1,082 – $5,446

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About these rates.

Hospitals are required by federal law (45 CFR 180.50) to publish the rates they negotiated with each insurer for each procedure. These numbers are the rates the hospital published for Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Blue Cross Blue Shield plan tiers (HMO, PPO, EPO, etc.). Your plan picks one number out of that range. Your actual out-of-pocket depends on your deductible status, copay, and coinsurance, which the comparison tool can model when you fill them in.

Cash-pay rates are often cheaper than the negotiated rate, especially for high-deductible plans. Worth comparing both — the Brain MRI with and without contrast overview shows the cash-pay column alongside.