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Brain MRI without contrast with Optum.

Negotiated rates Optum pays for brain mri without contrast at 17 US hospitals. Range: $74 to $7,204. 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 Optum rate.

#	Hospital	Optum rate
1	Adventist Health Glendale Glendale, CA	$74 – $1,114
2	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$119 – $152
3	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$119 – $152
4	SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL La Jolla, CA	$119 – $152
5	SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - ENCINITAS Encinitas, CA	$119 – $152
6	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$211
7	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$224 – $1,376
8	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	$383
9	Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, CT	$448
10	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$600 – $2,067
11	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$1,555
12	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$1,603 – $2,096
13	Children's Medical Center Dallas Dallas, TX	$2,892 – $3,055
14	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$3,036
15	Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello Montebello, CA	$3,504 – $3,964
16	Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA	$4,278 – $4,381
17	ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER Austin, TX	$7,204

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

The range column reflects different Optum 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 without contrast overview shows the cash-pay column alongside.