Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) cost at US hospitals

MR angiography, head, without and with contrast · CPT 70546

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast)

This maps the arteries of the head twice in one sitting — once using the motion of blood itself, then again after gadolinium is injected. The two sets are compared. It is ordered when the unenhanced picture alone is known to be unreliable for the question being asked.

$192.22

lowest cash price

$2,772.11

national median

$26,813.05

highest cash price

886

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $192.22–$26,813.05 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$192.22

Banner Heart Hospital — Mesa, AZ

Most expensive published cash price

$26,813.05

HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST — PASADENA, TX

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($3,190.70) → Sep 1, 2026 ($6,218.40)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 3 $2,406.18 $5,741.58 $5,942.04
Arizona 22 $192.22 $654.86 $3,455.50
Arkansas 7 $950.55 $1,730.52 $5,740.00
California 88 $776.25 $3,328.00 $12,859.13
Colorado 17 $498.52 $8,116.63 $21,902.75
Florida 80 $638.34 $7,760.17 $25,470.41
Georgia 25 $1,736.93 $1,914.51 $14,753.51
Hawaii 2 $1,232.64 $1,232.64 $2,910.00
Illinois 51 $1,250.00 $3,309.12 $6,034.32
Indiana 26 $582.60 $1,045.50 $3,957.44
Iowa 27 $1,368.80 $3,607.50 $11,178.00
Kansas 11 $1,363.20 $3,833.42 $14,041.77
Kentucky 22 $981.81 $2,779.20 $17,770.59
Louisiana 2 $870.74 $870.74 $870.74
Maine 7 $3,190.70 $3,347.25 $4,634.85
Maryland 2 $843.00 $843.00 $843.00
Michigan 27 $360.49 $3,520.00 $5,993.00
Minnesota 19 $1,094.50 $2,772.11 $4,066.40
Mississippi 9 $444.18 $1,330.77 $2,155.95
Missouri 20 $1,399.86 $2,031.15 $11,514.43
Montana 2 $2,870.40 $2,870.40 $3,552.00
Nebraska 11 $1,948.73 $2,120.58 $4,650.35
Nevada 3 $1,527.66 $2,264.64 $2,507.67
New Hampshire 1 $4,469.80 $4,469.80 $4,469.80
New Jersey 21 $390.30 $764.59 $1,017.83
New Mexico 2 $2,623.74 $2,623.74 $2,623.74
New York 22 $422.61 $422.61 $10,546.00
North Carolina 15 $2,570.48 $2,570.48 $6,557.00
North Dakota 4 $3,496.80 $3,603.20 $3,644.00
Ohio 54 $1,233.70 $2,069.50 $6,960.00
Oklahoma 14 $838.98 $2,076.25 $4,104.00
Oregon 13 $261.36 $2,449.50 $3,450.75
Pennsylvania 26 $638.00 $2,854.80 $9,808.20
South Carolina 11 $1,091.50 $1,702.50 $4,975.80
South Dakota 7 $3,671.20 $3,762.40 $4,208.80
Tennessee 37 $489.16 $668.55 $18,797.98
Texas 114 $703.23 $2,857.68 $26,813.05
Virginia 38 $656.19 $3,323.00 $15,247.00
Washington 32 $1,512.16 $2,247.43 $5,163.90
West Virginia 16 $1,122.00 $2,455.50 $3,063.50
Wisconsin 32 $966.72 $2,825.43 $5,194.75
Wyoming 4 $859.32 $2,040.92 $2,431.94

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH $1,233.70 $336.39 – $336.39
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH $1,233.70 $336.39 – $336.39
Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH $1,233.70 $336.39 – $336.39
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH $1,233.70 $343.75 – $343.75
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood, AR $1,237.70 $366.59 – $2,827.78
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton, AR $1,240.14 $366.59 – $1,935.90
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoaks Glendale Heights, IL $1,250.00 $373.86 – $605.65
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL $1,250.00 $373.86 – $605.65
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL $1,250.00 $366.01 – $605.65
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange, IL $1,250.00 $366.01 – $605.65
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY $1,258.00 $523.03 – $2,698.15
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven, MS $1,267.40 $310.67 – $1,204.00
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA $1,269.00 $357.13 – $3,512.91
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA $1,269.00 $357.13 – $3,512.91
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709, VA $1,269.00 $357.13 – $3,512.91
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA $1,269.00 $357.13 – $3,512.91
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA $1,269.00 $357.13 – $3,512.91
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick (St. Mary's Warrick Hospital, Inc.) Boonville, IN $1,270.20 $64.53 – $1,048.58
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh, IN $1,270.20 $64.53 – $1,048.58
Kettering Health Greene Memorial Xenia, OH $1,295.60 $341.91 – $918.57
Kettering Health Miamisburg (Sycamore) Miamisburg, OH $1,295.60 $345.89 – $929.26
Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) Kettering, OH $1,295.60 $343.75 – $923.51
Kettering Health Troy Troy, OH $1,295.60 $341.91 – $918.57
Kettering Health Dayton (Grandview) Dayton, OH $1,295.60 $343.75 – $923.51
Kettering Health Hamilton (Fort Hamilton) Hamilton, OH $1,295.60 $345.89 – $929.26
Soin Medical Center Beaver Creek, OH $1,295.60 $343.75 – $923.51
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville, TN $1,330.77 $310.67 – $654.04
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson, MS $1,330.77 $324.22 – $907.82
Ascension Providence Waco, TX $1,352.25 $343.83 – $2,107.81
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan, KS $1,363.20 $57.63 – $924.78
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA $1,368.80 $64.56 – $355.33
Providence Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA $1,391.60 $448.71 – $1,316.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City, MO $1,399.86 $347.51 – $628.99
Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH $1,400.10 $336.39 – $349.85
St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA $1,408.68 $291.75 – $3,276.00
MUSC Health Main Campus - Charleston Charleston, SC $1,442.00 $324.48 – $534.06
MUSC Health Orangeburg Medical Center Orangeburg, SC $1,442.00 $324.48 – $356.93
SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES Simi Valley, CA $1,443.68 $448.71 – $4,160.76
64-0663760 BMH Booneville Booneville, MS $1,451.76 $305.39 – $890.71
64-0772726 BMH North Mississippi Oxford, MS $1,457.51 $311.90 – $1,068.00
PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER Portland, OR $1,461.76 $199.57 – $8,222.40
Weirton Medical Center Weirton, WV $1,467.00 $52.25 – $1,694.87
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC $1,469.00 $337.23 – $370.95
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington, KY $1,484.59 $567.00 – $3,363.36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea, KY $1,494.86 $855.57 – $2,821.91
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX $1,502.40 $439.13 – $9,014.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston, TX $1,502.40 $439.13 – $9,014.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine, TX $1,502.40 $439.13 – $10,416.64
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Clifton Springs, NY $1,510.60 $212.02 – $382.76
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia, WA $1,512.16 $403.99 – $2,378.93

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