MRI brain without contrast (CPT 70551)

70551 is the billing code hospitals use for “MRI brain without contrast”. Prices below are each hospital's own posted facility charge.

106 of 118 hospitals post a price for this code. Hospitals that don't post one are left out — we never guess a number.

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HospitalLocationCash priceGross chargeMedicare pays× Medicare
Sheridan Memorial Hospital Sheridan, WY $334.40 $418 $243.77 1.4×
Banner North Colorado Medical Center Greeley, CO $437.67 $1,525 $251.70 1.7×
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO $472.75 $1,525 $251.70 1.9×
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Thermopolis, WY $483 $483 $243.77 2.0×
Montrose Regional Health Montrose, CO $537 $716 $251.70 2.1×
Sterling Regional MedCenter Sterling, CO $638.18 $1,877 $251.70 2.5×
East Morgan County Hospital Brush, CO $659.52 $1,015 $251.70 2.6×
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $694.72 $1,015 $243.77 2.8×
Valley View Hospital Glenwood Springs, CO $752.25 $885 $251.70 3.0×
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY $800.52 $1,906 $243.77 3.3×
South Big Horn County Hospital (Three Rivers Health) Basin, WY $853.58 $1,138.10 $243.77 3.5×
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center Walsenburg, CO $900 $1,000 $251.70 3.6×
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat Springs, CO $940.50 $1,045 $251.70 3.7×
Memorial Hospital at Craig Craig, CO $1,035.37 $1,592.89 $251.70 4.1×
St. Thomas More Hospital Canon City, CO $1,068.64 $2,671.59 $251.70 4.2×
Family Health West Hospital Fruita, CO $1,131.20 $1,616 $251.70 4.5×
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County Rawlins, WY $1,196.62 $1,595.50 $243.77 4.9×
Vail Health Hospital Vail, CO $1,249.50 $1,666 $251.70 5.0×
Rangely District Hospital Rangely, CO $1,266.14 $1,947.92 $251.70 5.0×
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Highlands Ranch, CO $1,273.50 $4,245 $251.70 5.1×
Community Hospital, Torrington (Banner Health) Torrington, WY $1,289.50 $1,877 $573.81† 2.2×
Gunnison Valley Hospital Gunnison, CO $1,316.22 $1,548.50 $251.70 5.2×
Wray Community District Hospital Wray, CO $1,320.38 $1,760.50 $251.70 5.2×
Powell Valley Healthcare Powell, WY $1,399.06 $1,645.95 $243.77 5.7×
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Salida, CO $1,413.55 $1,663 $251.70 5.6×
Estes Park Medical Center Estes Park, CO $1,420.12 $1,893.50 $251.70 5.6×
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $1,430.27 $1,877 $243.77 5.9×
South Lincoln Medical Center Kemmerer, WY $1,444.28 $1,925.70 $243.77 5.9×
Grand River Medical Center Rifle, CO $1,476 $2,952 $251.70 5.9×
Longs Peak Hospital Longmont, CO $1,485.75 $4,245 $251.70 5.9×
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital Broomfield, CO $1,485.75 $4,245 $251.70 5.9×
UCHealth Grandview Hospital Colorado Springs, CO $1,485.75 $4,245 $251.70 5.9×
Denver Health Medical Center Denver, CO $1,487.61 $4,250.29 $251.70 5.9×
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital Woodland Park, CO $1,552.80 $1,941 $251.70 6.2×
William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (UT Southwestern) Dallas, TX $1,602.50 $3,205 $239.69 6.7×
Johnson County Healthcare Center Buffalo, WY $1,608.50 $1,608.50 $243.77 6.6×
Southeast Colorado Hospital Springfield, CO $1,614 $2,017 $251.70 6.4×
Star Valley Medical Center Afton, WY $1,645.70 $2,351 $243.77 6.8×
National Jewish Health Denver, CO $1,687 $2,410 $251.70 6.7×
Delta County Memorial Hospital Delta, CO $1,733.10 $2,888.50 $251.70 6.9×
Southwest Memorial Hospital Cortez, CO $1,807 $3,614 $251.70 7.2×
Community Hospital Grand Junction Grand Junction, CO $1,816.64 $3,244 $251.70 7.2×
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center La Junta, CO $1,848 $3,080 $251.70 7.3×
UCHealth Greeley Hospital Greeley, CO $1,859.40 $3,099 $251.70 7.4×
San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center Alamosa, CO $1,869.45 $3,399 $251.70 7.4×
St. Mary-Corwin Hospital Pueblo, CO $1,878.28 $4,695.70 $251.70 7.5×
UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs, CO $1,912.05 $4,249 $251.70 7.6×
Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling, CO $1,954.08 $2,442.60 $251.70 7.8×
Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX $2,025.40 $5,063.50 $239.69 8.5×
Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Scott & White) Dallas, TX $2,027.65 $3,379.41 $239.69 8.5×
Parkview Medical Center Pueblo, CO $2,060 $5,150 $251.70 8.2×
Prowers Medical Center Lamar, CO $2,064 $3,440 $251.70 8.2×
Keefe Memorial Hospital Cheyenne Wells, CO $2,081.80 $2,974 $251.70 8.3×
Campbell County Health Gillette, WY $2,115 $2,350 $243.77 8.7×
Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital Burlington, CO $2,125 $2,500 $251.70 8.4×
Memorial Hospital of Converse County Douglas, WY $2,129.80 $3,736.50 $243.77 8.7×
Crook County Medical Services District Sundance, WY $2,161.42 $2,881.90 $243.77 8.9×
Poudre Valley Hospital Fort Collins, CO $2,169.30 $3,099 $251.70 8.6×
Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland, CO $2,169.30 $3,099 $251.70 8.6×
Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke, CO $2,358.40 $2,948 $251.70 9.4×
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (Texas Health Resources) Fort Worth, TX $2,504.25 $4,173.75 $239.69 10.4×
St. John's Medical Center Jackson, WY $2,534 $2,534 $243.77 10.4×
Foothills Hospital Boulder, CO $2,542.50 $5,085 $251.70 10.1×
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Aurora, CO $2,613.10 $7,466 $251.70 10.4×
St. Anthony Summit Medical Center Frisco, CO $2,647.03 $6,617.57 $251.70 10.5×
Sublette County Health Pinedale, WY $2,741.40 $3,046 $243.77 11.2×
Ivinson Memorial Hospital Laramie, WY $2,749 $2,749 $243.77 11.3×
Weston County Health Services Newcastle, WY $2,858 $2,858 $243.77 11.7×
St. Elizabeth Hospital Fort Morgan, CO $2,882.52 $7,206.29 $251.70 11.5×
Longmont United Hospital Longmont, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
St. Anthony Hospital Lakewood, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
Penrose Hospital Colorado Springs, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
St. Anthony North Health Campus Westminster, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
OrthoColorado Hospital Lakewood, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
St. Francis Hospital Interquest Colorado Springs, CO $2,888.12 $7,220.28 $251.70 11.5×
Mercy Hospital Durango Durango, CO $2,927.40 $7,318.50 $251.70 11.6×
Evanston Regional Hospital Evanston, WY $2,962.76 $4,937.93 $243.77 12.2×
Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff, NE $3,090 $5,150 $243.77 12.7×
Rio Grande Hospital Del Norte, CO $3,126.79 $4,169.05 $251.70 12.4×
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Cheyenne, WY $3,182.71 $4,546.72 $243.77 13.1×
Haxtun Hospital District Haxtun, CO $3,281.85 $3,366 $251.70 13.0×
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital Julesburg, CO $3,328 $3,328 $251.70 13.2×
Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County Rock Springs, WY $3,331 $3,331 $243.77 13.7×
Animas Surgical Hospital Durango, CO $3,540.50 $3,540.50 $251.70 14.1×
Lincoln Health Hospital Hugo, CO $3,603 $3,603 $251.70 14.3×
AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO $3,666.98 $3,666.98 $251.70 14.6×
AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO $3,666.98 $3,666.98 $251.70 14.6×
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO $3,666.98 $3,666.98 $251.70 14.6×
AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO $3,666.98 $3,666.98 $251.70 14.6×
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO $3,666.98 $3,666.98 $251.70 14.6×
Aspen Valley Hospital Aspen, CO $3,886 $3,886 $251.70 15.4×
Medical City Dallas Dallas, TX $6,582.88 $6,582.88 $239.69 27.5×
HCA HealthOne Aurora Medical Center Aurora, CO $10,164.04 $10,164.04 $251.70 40.4×
HCA HealthOne Mountain Ridge Thornton, CO $11,346.18 $11,346.18 $251.70 45.1×
HCA HealthOne Rose Medical Center Denver, CO $11,868 $11,868 $251.70 47.2×
HCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Denver, CO $13,494.25 $13,494.25 $251.70 53.6×
HCA HealthOne Swedish Medical Center Englewood, CO $15,941.34 $15,941.34 $251.70 63.3×
HCA HealthOne Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, CO $19,540.95 $19,540.95 $251.70 77.6×
Pioneers Medical Center Meeker, CO $1,352 $251.70
North Big Horn Hospital District Lovell, WY $1,941 $243.77
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital Grand Junction, CO $2,786.45 $251.70
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital Brighton, CO $3,177.25 $251.70
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital Golden, CO $3,207.80 $251.70
Intermountain Health St. Joseph Hospital Denver, CO $3,207.80 $251.70
Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital Lafayette, CO $3,207.80 $251.70
Aspen Mountain Medical Center Rock Springs, WY $3,776.15 $243.77

† Critical Access Hospital: Medicare pays it ~101% of its own costs, so the figure shown is that cost-based benchmark, not a standard rate.

“Medicare pays” is the facility (technical) rate, matching the posted facility charge; the doctor's separate professional fee is excluded throughout. “—” means Medicare has no comparable facility rate for this code.