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Brain MRI

A detailed scan of the brain using a magnetic field. Often used to investigate headaches, dizziness, or neurological symptoms.

34 hospitals · 132 published rates Cheapest $128.39 · dearest $6,154.40

Sorted cheapest first. A published figure that behaves like a placeholder rather than a real price — one cent, or a figure orders of magnitude below what other hospitals publish for the same billing code — never leads this order. It stays listed, after every other figure, ordered by its own amount among the others like it.

Nothing was excluded: none of the figures published here behave like a placeholder rather than a price.

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Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network)
8 published rates
$244.17 – $486
negotiated rate
MacNeal Hospital Gottlieb Community Health Services Corporation
Berwyn 8 published rates
$383.45 – $2,105
negotiated rate
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago 2 published rates
$1,096
negotiated rate
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge
Park Ridge 4 published rates
$1,096
negotiated rate
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn 2 published rates
$1,096
negotiated rate
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Geneva 1 published rate
$6,154.40
negotiated rate

Comparisons against other hospitals were computed on 2 November 2026. Each price carries its own fetch date; a comparison is a snapshot of what other hospitals had published when it ran, not a standing fact.

Why a range? One insurer publishes different rates for different plans at the same hospital — a PPO and an HMO under the same name can differ several times over. We show what the hospital published rather than collapsing it into a single number that might not be yours.