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Brain MRI with and without contrast with Medicare.

Negotiated rates Medicare pays for brain mri with and without contrast at 90 US hospitals. Range: $33 to $7,603. 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 Medicare rate.

#	Hospital	Medicare rate
1	Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA	$33 – $404
2	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$67 – $432
3	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$74 – $371
4	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$74 – $371
5	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$75 – $345
6	Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	$78 – $216
7	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$82 – $117
8	MLK Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$89 – $15,302
9	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$92 – $3,055
10	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$92 – $385
11	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$94 – $1,071
12	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$97 – $1,141
13	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$97 – $2,246
14	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$99 – $2,246
15	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$99 – $2,246
16	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$99 – $1,653
17	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$105 – $404
18	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY	$117 – $3,036
19	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC	$206 – $433
20	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$292 – $561
21	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$292 – $561
22	UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$319 – $1,214
23	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$323 – $469
24	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$323 – $469
25	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$323 – $469
26	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$323 – $469
27	Huntington Hospital Pasadena, CA	$335 – $1,334
28	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$340 – $4,730
29	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$350 – $371
30	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$350 – $371
31	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$350 – $683
32	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$350 – $403
33	Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Houston, TX	$350 – $403
34	Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center Houston, TX	$350 – $403
35	Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX	$350 – $403
36	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$354 – $379
37	UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs, CO	$359
38	Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL	$364 – $656
39	Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL	$364 – $492
40	Doctors Hospital Coral Gables, FL	$364 – $492
41	Homestead Hospital Homestead, FL	$364 – $492
42	Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Philadelphia, PA	$365 – $387
43	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$367 – $389
44	UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Pittsburgh, PA	$368 – $12,260
45	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$372 – $376
46	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	$372 – $391
47	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$372 – $376
48	University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL	$374
49	Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL	$374
50	Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ	$381 – $457

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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 Medicare plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Medicare 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.