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5,419 hospitals

MRIPrices

MRIPrices lists 5419 hospitals. Every one must publish a machine-readable file of standard charges; we publish each hospital's own MRI cash prices as we parse them.

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  • How much does an MRI cost without insurance?

    A US hospital can charge a different cash price for the same MRI scan. The machine-readable file each hospital must publish holds its prices; here is how to read yours before you book.

  • MRI CPT codes explained: 70551, 72148, 73221, 73721

    The four CPT codes that describe the MRI scans people price most often: brain, lumbar spine, shoulder and knee, all without contrast. Learn what each code means and why the code decides the price.

  • Questions to ask before an MRI

    The questions that turn a vague scan into a number you can plan around: the cash price for your CPT code, what it includes, who reads the images and what the hospital's own price file says.

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Which regions have the most hospitals?

The regions with the most hospitals are Texas (467 hospitals), California (377 hospitals), Florida (221 hospitals), Illinois (193 hospitals), and Ohio (193 hospitals).

Which cities have the most hospitals?

The cities with the most hospitals are Chicago, Illinois (33 hospitals), Houston, Texas (28 hospitals), Phoenix, Arizona (22 hospitals), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (21 hospitals), and Dallas, Texas (19 hospitals).

What kinds of hospitals are listed?

MRIPrices lists Head (brain) MRI (5,419 hospitals), Knee MRI (5,419 hospitals), Lumbar spine MRI (5,419 hospitals), and Shoulder MRI (5,419 hospitals).

Why don't the hospitals on this site show prices yet?

Prices come from each hospital's machine-readable file (MRF), which the federal price transparency rule requires every hospital to publish. We are parsing the MRI cash prices from each file; until a hospital's file is parsed, its price honestly reads undisclosed. We never invent a price.

Where does the hospital list on this site come from?

The CMS hospital roster, which lists every hospital that participates in Medicare. We read the roster maintained by the CMS hospital price transparency tracker and cross-check its count against CMS's Provider of Services data.