Orange County → MRI of the brain, with and without contrast
MRI of the brain, with and without contrast in Orange County
Across 13 of 20 hospitals, the self-pay price runs from $446 to $11,782 — 26.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove Hospital & Medical Center gardengrovehospital.com · Garden Grove | $446 | $9,097 | $317–$692 | B |
| Huntington Beach Hospital hbhospital.org · Huntington Beach | $446 | $9,097 | $317–$670 | B |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital lapalmaintercommunityhospital.com · La Palma | $446 | $9,097 | $317–$1,435 | B |
| West Anaheim Medical Center westanaheimmedctr.com · Anaheim | $446 | $9,097 | $317–$692 | B |
| Uci Health - Los Alamitos ucihealth.org · Los Alamitos | $1,920 | $4,800 | $449–$1,167 | C |
| Uci Health - Fountain Valley ucihealth.org · Fountain Valley | $1,920 | $4,800 | $449–$1,167 | C |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim healthy.kaiserpermanente.org · Anaheim | $3,068 | $5,900 | $324–$965 | B |
| Providence Mission Hospital providence.org · Mission Viejo | $3,137–$4,906 varies | $10,221 | $381–$9,804 | C |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital providence.org · Orange | $3,644 | $5,205 | — | C |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center providence.org · Fullerton | $3,660–$7,492 varies | $15,608 | $381–$9,257 | C |
| Children's Hospital at Mission missionhealth.org · Mission Viejo | $7,369–$8,180 varies | $8,180 | $828–$7,362 | D |
| Orange County Global Medical Center orangecountyglobalmedicalcenter.com · Santa Ana | $7,505 | $7,505 | $359–$7,505 | C |
| Coastal Communities Hospital southcoastglobalmedicalcenter.com · Santa Ana | $7,505 | $7,505 | $360–$7,505 | C |
| Children's Hospital of Orange County choc.org · Orange | $7,513–$10,135 varies | $10,135 | $311–$10,135 | D |
| Ahmc Anaheim Regional Medical Center ahmchealth.com · Anaheim | $8,815 | $8,815 | $135–$11,630 | C |
| Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center memorialcare.org · Laguna Hills | $11,782 | $11,782 | $292–$12,057 | C |
| Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center memorialcare.org · Fountain Valley | $11,782 | $11,782 | $404–$9,798 | C |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian hoag.org · Newport Beach | not published | — | $449–$3,710 | D |
| Hoag Orthopedic Institute hoag.org · Irvine | not published | — | $449–$3,710 | D |
| Anaheim Community Hospital, Llc anaheimcommunityhospital.com · Anaheim | not published | $2,416 | — | 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.