Cleveland → MRI of the brain, with and without contrast
MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in Cleveland
Across 10 of 14 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $1,602 to $2,614 — 1.6× the price for the same billing code.
For scale: Medicare pays hospitals about $356 for this as an outpatient service — the 2026 national rate, before local wage adjustment.
| Hospital | Self-pay price | List price | Insurers pay | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest General Health Center swgeneral.com · Middleburg Heights | $142–$3,367 varies | $4,489 | $142–$4,489 | C |
| Metrohealth System metrohealth.org · Cleveland | $197–$1,750 varies | $5,000 | $180–$1,313 | C |
| Cleveland Clinic my.clevelandclinic.org · Cleveland | $655–$2,257 varies | $2,464 | $3–$3,472 | C |
| Fairview Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Cleveland | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| Euclid Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Euclid | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| Lutheran Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Cleveland | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| Marymount Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Garfield Heights | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| South Pointe Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Warrensville Heights | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| Hillcrest Hospital my.clevelandclinic.org · Mayfield Heights | $1,602 | $2,464 | $1–$2,464 | B |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center uhhospitals.org · Beachwood | $2,345 | $3,127 | $330–$2,814 | B |
| Parma Community General Hospital uhhospitals.org · Parma | $2,345 | $3,127 | $330–$2,814 | B |
| Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital uhhospitals.org · Cleveland | $2,614 | $3,486 | $330–$3,137 | B |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center uhhospitals.org · Cleveland | $2,614 | $3,486 | $330–$3,374 | B |
| Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehab my.clevelandclinic.org · Cleveland | not published | — | $537–$621 | D |
What these three numbers mean
Self-pay price is what the hospital says it charges someone paying directly. It is the number to ask for by name. List price is the undiscounted charge almost nobody pays. Insurers pay is the range of procedure-specific negotiated rates in the file — useful mainly to see whether the self-pay price is above or below what insurers get.
Some hospitals attach one flat rate to nearly their whole price list. Those are excluded here, because a number identical for a colonoscopy and a blood test says nothing about either. More on that →
Billing code CPT 70553 —
MRI brain with/without contrast. Every price on this page is read from the hospital's
own published file; open a hospital to see which file and when it was read.