An MRI of the brain without contrast dye.
Cash prices hospitals publish · billing code 70551 · Boston
What hospitals charge
$403.04 to $8,431.75
26 hospitals · cash prices
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What the hospital lists
- HC Chg MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O Contrast Material$403.04
Inpatient or outpatient · billing class not stated
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Location and source
Boston Medical Center SouthAbout 640 miles away235 North Pearl Street, Brockton MA 02301
Comments & questionsWhat the hospital lists
- HC Chg MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O Contrast Material$449.36
Inpatient or outpatient · billing class not stated
Note from the file: Zero final payments for the item or service in the 15 months prior to posting the file.
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Location and source
Boston Medical Center BrightonAbout 635 miles away736 Cambridge Street, Boston MA 02135
Comments & questionsWhat the hospital lists
- MRI; BRAIN W/O CNTRST$795.90
Outpatient · hospital charge
Location and source
What the hospital lists
- HC MRI Brain$1,141.50
Outpatient · billing class not stated
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Location and source
What the hospital lists
- HC MRI Brain WO Contrast$1,381.10
Inpatient or outpatient · billing class not stated
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Location and source
From each hospital's published price list, Dec 15, 2025 to Sep 1, 2026. Not a quote, and doctors' fees are often extra. Distances are measured from the middle of Columbus, OH (approximate area).
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US hospitals must publish their prices by law. We take them from each hospital's own file. They're what hospitals charge, not what patients told us they paid, and not a quote.
Hospitals are compared on the same billing code, but what each one includes in that price can differ. Doctors, anesthesia and some tests are often billed separately and aren't included.
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What each hospital calls it: Boston Medical Center South, “HC Chg MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O Contrast Material”; Boston Medical Center Brighton, “HC Chg MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O Contrast Material”; Signature Healthcare, “MRI; BRAIN W/O CNTRST”; Tobey Hospital, “HC MRI Brain”; Lowell General Hospital, “HC MRI Brain WO Contrast”; New England Baptist Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Emerson Hospital, “MRI BRAIN WO CONTRAST”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Milton, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; South Shore Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Boston Medical Center, “HC Chg MRI Brain Brain Stem W/O Contrast Material”; Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Plymouth, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Cambridge Health Alliance, “HC MRI - Brain & Brainstem W/O Contrast”; Winchester Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Mount Auburn Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Wentworth Douglass Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Anna Jaques Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Newton Wellesley Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Salem Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Brigham and Women's Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Massachusetts General Hospital, “MRI Brain W/O Cont”; Exeter Hospital, “HC MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM WO CONTRAST MATERIAL”; Frisbie Memorial Hospital, “MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST”; Parkland Medical Center, “MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST”; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Beverly Hospital, “Mri brain stem w/o dye”; Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, “MAGNETIC IMAGE, BRAIN (MRI)”; Merrimack Health Methuen Hospital, “MAGNETIC IMAGE, BRAIN (MRI)”.
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