Columbus → MRI of the brain, with and without contrast
MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in Columbus
Across 10 of 13 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $2,005 to $2,022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital nationwidechildrens.org · Columbus | $490–$3,483 varies | $3,870 | $126–$3,793 | C |
| Grant Medical Center OhioHealth · Columbus | $2,005 | $3,084 | $336 | C |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital OhioHealth · Columbus | $2,005 | $3,084 | $336 | C |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital OhioHealth · Dublin | $2,005 | $3,084 | $336 | C |
| Doctors Hospital OhioHealth · Columbus | $2,005 | $3,084 | $344 | C |
| Mount Carmel East mountcarmelhealth.com · Columbus | $2,022 | $3,111 | $290–$3,111 | C |
| Mount Carmel Grove City Mount Carmel Health System (Trinity Health) · Grove City | $2,022 | $3,111 | $290–$3,111 | C |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital mountcarmelhealth.com · New Albany | $2,022 | $3,111 | $296–$3,111 | C |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center mountcarmelhealth.com · Canal Winchester | $2,022 | $3,111 | $296–$3,111 | C |
| Mount Carmel Dublin mountcarmelhealth.com · Dublin | $2,022 | $3,111 | $296–$3,111 | C |
| Mount Carmel St. Ann's mountcarmelhealth.com · Westerville | $2,022 | $3,111 | $296–$3,111 | C |
| Ohio State University Hospitals wexnermedical.osu.edu · Columbus | not published | $2,957 | $4–$2,957 | F |
| James Cancer Hospital OSU Wexner Medical Center · Columbus | not published | $2,957 | $648–$2,956 | F |
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.