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Brain MRI with and without contrast with Medicare.

Negotiated rates Medicare pays for brain mri with and without contrast at 145 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	Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA	$74 – $371
5	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$74 – $371
6	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$75 – $345
7	Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY	$78 – $216
8	Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	$82 – $117
9	MLK Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$89 – $15,302
10	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$92 – $3,055
11	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$92 – $385
12	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$94 – $1,071
13	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$97 – $1,141
14	QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER Jamaica, NY	$97 – $2,246
15	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$97 – $2,246
16	HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$97 – $1,141
17	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$99 – $2,246
18	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$99 – $2,246
19	METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$99 – $1,141
20	WOODHULL MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Brooklyn, NY	$99 – $2,246
21	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$99 – $1,653
22	M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis, MN	$101 – $526
23	Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC	$101 – $1,010
24	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$105 – $404
25	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY	$117 – $3,036
26	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC	$206 – $433
27	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$292 – $561
28	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$292 – $561
29	OHSU Hospital Portland, OR	$295 – $784
30	UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$319 – $1,214
31	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$323 – $469
32	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$323 – $469
33	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$323 – $469
34	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$323 – $469
35	Huntington Hospital Pasadena, CA	$335 – $1,334
36	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$340 – $4,730
37	UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, CO	$348 – $359
38	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$350 – $371
39	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$350 – $371
40	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$350 – $683
41	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$350 – $403
42	Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Houston, TX	$350 – $403
43	Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center Houston, TX	$350 – $403
44	Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX	$350 – $403
45	MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL Katy, TX	$350 – $403
46	MEMORIAL HERMANN NORTHEAST HOSPITAL Humble, TX	$350 – $386
47	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$354 – $379
48	UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs, CO	$359
49	Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL	$364 – $656
50	Baptist Hospital of Miami Miami, FL	$364 – $492

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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.