Detroit → MRI of the brain, with and without contrast
MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in Detroit
Across 7 of 10 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $346 to $11,486 — 33.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte Hospital and Medical Center henryford.com · Wyandotte | $148–$480 varies | $4,982 | $67–$3,338 | C |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital henryford.com · Detroit | $148–$480 varies | $4,982 | $67–$3,338 | C |
| Garden City Hospital gch.org · Garden City | $346 | $5,117 | $186–$536 | A |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital henryford.com · Detroit | $1,312 | $2,343 | $239–$1,317 | C |
| Sinai-grace Hospital dmc.org · Detroit | $5,788 | $7,717 | — | C |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital corewellhealth.org · Wayne | $6,234 | $6,234 | $323–$1,318 | B |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital corewellhealth.org · Trenton | $6,234 | $6,234 | $323–$1,318 | B |
| Children's Hospital of Michigan dmc.org · Detroit | $8,220–$8,858 varies | $11,810 | — | C |
| Harper University Hospital dmc.org · Detroit | $10,140 | $13,520 | $276–$789 | C |
| Detroit Receiving Hospital dmc.org · Detroit | $11,486 | $15,315 | — | C |
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.