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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the jaw joint

CPT 70336the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance imaging of the temporomandibular joint, where the jaw meets the skull.

Hospitals typically charge $1,636 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,757 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,685. Most fall between $769 and $2,924 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,757
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,757 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$490$924$1,636$2,584$4,201

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($490 vs $4,201).

How the prices are spread

$323 – $435: 94 hospitals$323$435 – $586: 136 hospitals$586 – $790: 203 hospitals$586$790 – $1,065: 292 hospitals$1,065 – $1,436: 370 hospitals$1,065$1,436 – $1,935: 417 hospitals$1,935 – $2,609: 432 hospitals$1,935$2,609 – $3,517: 268 hospitals$3,517 – $4,741: 190 hospitals$3,517$4,741 – $6,391: 84 hospitals$4,741median $1,636price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,486 of 2,757 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$323$43594
$435$586136
$586$790203
$790$1,065292
$1,065$1,436370
$1,436$1,935417
$1,935$2,609432
$2,609$3,517268
$3,517$4,741190
$4,741$6,39184

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$1,636
Cash as a multiple of Medicare6.7×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,636.

Alaska: median $3,016 across 11 hospitalsAK$3,016Maine: median $880 across 23 hospitalsME$880Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $2,217 across 17 hospitalsNH$2,217Washington: median $1,362 across 61 hospitalsWA$1,362Idaho: median $1,857 across 20 hospitalsID$1,857Montana: median $1,584 across 11 hospitalsMT$1,584North Dakota: median $2,137 across 23 hospitalsND$2,137Minnesota: median $1,217 across 68 hospitalsMN$1,217Illinois: median $2,415 across 119 hospitalsIL$2,415Wisconsin: median $2,055 across 100 hospitalsWI$2,055Michigan: median $1,444 across 80 hospitalsMI$1,444New York: median $1,006 across 90 hospitalsNY$1,006Massachusetts: median $1,717 across 48 hospitalsMA$1,717Oregon: median $1,421 across 40 hospitalsOR$1,421Nevada: median $1,390 across 15 hospitalsNV$1,390Wyoming: median $1,452 across 11 hospitalsWY$1,452South Dakota: median $2,749 across 17 hospitalsSD$2,749Iowa: median $1,719 across 60 hospitalsIA$1,719Indiana: median $971 across 82 hospitalsIN$971Ohio: median $1,321 across 120 hospitalsOH$1,321Pennsylvania: median $1,656 across 110 hospitalsPA$1,656New Jersey: median $415 across 54 hospitalsNJ$415Connecticut: median $1,085 across 13 hospitalsCT$1,085Rhode Island: median $1,381 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,381California: median $2,406 across 197 hospitalsCA$2,406Utah: median $2,599 across 37 hospitalsUT$2,599Colorado: median $1,986 across 57 hospitalsCO$1,986Nebraska: median $2,312 across 60 hospitalsNE$2,312Missouri: median $1,413 across 68 hospitalsMO$1,413Kentucky: median $1,303 across 47 hospitalsKY$1,303West Virginia: median $1,381 across 30 hospitalsWV$1,381Virginia: median $2,035 across 63 hospitalsVA$2,035Maryland: median $867 across 35 hospitalsMD$867Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $639 across 44 hospitalsAZ$639New Mexico: median $1,238 across 19 hospitalsNM$1,238Kansas: median $1,163 across 65 hospitalsKS$1,163Arkansas: median $757 across 18 hospitalsAR$757Tennessee: median $723 across 67 hospitalsTN$723North Carolina: median $1,788 across 78 hospitalsNC$1,788South Carolina: median $2,519 across 48 hospitalsSC$2,519Oklahoma: median $785 across 44 hospitalsOK$785Louisiana: median $706 across 42 hospitalsLA$706Mississippi: median $1,032 across 43 hospitalsMS$1,032Alabama: median $1,595 across 32 hospitalsAL$1,595Georgia: median $1,459 across 91 hospitalsGA$1,459Hawaii: median $1,444 across 10 hospitalsHI$1,444Texas: median $1,731 across 195 hospitalsTX$1,731Florida: median $2,261 across 151 hospitalsFL$2,261
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,636. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK11$3,016+84%$1,526 – $3,804
South Dakota SD17$2,749+68%$2,738 – $3,950
Utah UT37$2,599+59%$2,252 – $3,240
South Carolina SC48$2,519+54%$1,329 – $2,924
Illinois IL119$2,415+48%$1,287 – $4,058
California CA197$2,406+47%$1,262 – $4,652
Nebraska NE60$2,312+41%$1,562 – $2,857
Florida FL151$2,261+38%$1,242 – $7,205
New Hampshire NH17$2,217+35%$1,426 – $4,444
North Dakota ND23$2,137+31%$1,456 – $2,450
Wisconsin WI100$2,055+26%$974 – $2,586
Virginia VA63$2,035+24%$898 – $3,049
Colorado CO57$1,986+21%$1,015 – $2,710
Idaho ID20$1,857+13%$1,385 – $2,565
North Carolina NC78$1,788+9%$1,170 – $2,652
Texas TX195$1,731+6%$798 – $3,310
Iowa IA60$1,719+5%$1,107 – $2,700
Massachusetts MA48$1,717+5%$935 – $2,928
Pennsylvania PA110$1,656+1%$473 – $3,683
Alabama AL32$1,595−3%$916 – $3,448
Montana MT11$1,584−3%$1,085 – $2,238
Georgia GA91$1,459−11%$844 – $1,881
Wyoming WY11$1,452−11%$603 – $2,370
Michigan MI80$1,444−12%$891 – $3,126
Hawaii HI10$1,444−12%$1,242 – $2,032
Oregon OR40$1,421−13%$1,054 – $2,411
Missouri MO68$1,413−14%$786 – $2,125
Nevada NV15$1,390−15%$434 – $2,666
Rhode Island RI10$1,381−16%$354 – $2,134
West Virginia WV30$1,381−16%$944 – $2,671
Washington WA61$1,362−17%$1,008 – $2,145
Ohio OH120$1,321−19%$994 – $2,073
Kentucky KY47$1,303−20%$780 – $3,556
New Mexico NM19$1,238−24%$992 – $2,158
Minnesota MN68$1,217−26%$626 – $2,739
Kansas KS65$1,163−29%$720 – $1,903
Connecticut CT13$1,085−34%$803 – $1,775
Mississippi MS43$1,032−37%$724 – $1,593
New York NY90$1,006−39%$358 – $2,767
Indiana IN82$971−41%$569 – $2,140
Maine ME23$880−46%$378 – $2,218
Maryland MD35$867−47%$433 – $1,198
Oklahoma OK44$785−52%$373 – $1,788
Arkansas AR18$757−54%$578 – $1,578
Tennessee TN67$723−56%$526 – $1,737
Louisiana LA42$706−57%$479 – $1,389
Arizona AZ44$639−61%$318 – $3,746
New Jersey NJ54$415−75%$285 – $1,250
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,636.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,066$1,521$706 – $3,026
Children’s61$2,387$1,697 – $3,917
Critical access620$1,760$960 – $2,698
Ownership
For-profit388$2,140$990 – $7,584
Government456$1,469$775 – $2,415
Non-profit1,903$1,533$748 – $2,740
System affiliation
Part of a system2,277$1,659$784 – $2,943
Independent480$1,522$731 – $2,510

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,788
Median cash price$1,636
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,910 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,682 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,724; most fall between $822 and $2,857.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,910 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$539$974$1,682$2,600$3,746

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($539 vs $3,746).

Of the 2,111 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,910 gave a usable cash price; 106 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 95 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,757 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (70%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,052 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,757
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here190
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded101
Hospitals that filed this code3,052

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Magnetic resonance imaging family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MRI Temporomandibular Joint|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRI of the jaw joint (CPT 70336) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70336-mri-of-the-jaw-joint