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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI of the eye socket, face, or neck with contrast

CPT 70542the billing code this page is about

A magnetic resonance scan of the eye sockets, facial structures, or neck taken after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,971 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,448 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,043. Most fall between $940 and $3,463 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,448
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 2,448 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
$616$1,133$1,971$3,092$5,258

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($616 vs $5,258).

How the prices are spread

$438 – $583: 106 hospitals$438$583 – $777: 140 hospitals$777 – $1,035: 174 hospitals$777$1,035 – $1,379: 241 hospitals$1,379 – $1,838: 365 hospitals$1,379$1,838 – $2,448: 400 hospitals$2,448 – $3,261: 346 hospitals$2,448$3,261 – $4,345: 233 hospitals$4,345 – $5,789: 111 hospitals$4,345$5,789 – $7,712: 89 hospitals$5,789median $1,971price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,205 of 2,448 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$438$583106
$583$777140
$777$1,035174
$1,035$1,379241
$1,379$1,838365
$1,838$2,448400
$2,448$3,261346
$3,261$4,345233
$4,345$5,789111
$5,789$7,71289

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$1,971
Cash as a multiple of Medicare5.5×

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 $1,971.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $791 across 22 hospitalsME$791Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $2,015 across 12 hospitalsNH$2,015Washington: median $1,972 across 58 hospitalsWA$1,972Idaho: median $1,838 across 12 hospitalsID$1,838Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $2,100 across 15 hospitalsND$2,100Minnesota: median $1,354 across 42 hospitalsMN$1,354Illinois: median $3,034 across 115 hospitalsIL$3,034Wisconsin: median $2,210 across 76 hospitalsWI$2,210Michigan: median $1,726 across 56 hospitalsMI$1,726New York: median $1,580 across 90 hospitalsNY$1,580Massachusetts: median $2,554 across 36 hospitalsMA$2,554Oregon: median $1,997 across 35 hospitalsOR$1,997Nevada: median $1,679 across 16 hospitalsNV$1,679Wyoming: median $1,863 across 11 hospitalsWY$1,863South Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,110 across 49 hospitalsIA$2,110Indiana: median $1,068 across 73 hospitalsIN$1,068Ohio: median $1,786 across 119 hospitalsOH$1,786Pennsylvania: median $2,639 across 100 hospitalsPA$2,639New Jersey: median $855 across 57 hospitalsNJ$855Connecticut: median $1,678 across 15 hospitalsCT$1,678Rhode Island: median $1,496 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,496California: median $3,380 across 187 hospitalsCA$3,380Utah: median $3,463 across 34 hospitalsUT$3,463Colorado: median $2,130 across 53 hospitalsCO$2,130Nebraska: median $2,976 across 53 hospitalsNE$2,976Missouri: median $1,714 across 51 hospitalsMO$1,714Kentucky: median $1,572 across 46 hospitalsKY$1,572West Virginia: median $2,084 across 20 hospitalsWV$2,084Virginia: median $2,407 across 55 hospitalsVA$2,407Maryland: median $892 across 35 hospitalsMD$892Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,074 across 43 hospitalsAZ$1,074New Mexico: median $1,700 across 20 hospitalsNM$1,700Kansas: median $1,362 across 51 hospitalsKS$1,362Arkansas: median $935 across 16 hospitalsAR$935Tennessee: median $901 across 55 hospitalsTN$901North Carolina: median $1,943 across 65 hospitalsNC$1,943South Carolina: median $2,636 across 32 hospitalsSC$2,636Oklahoma: median $1,007 across 44 hospitalsOK$1,007Louisiana: median $848 across 45 hospitalsLA$848Mississippi: median $1,260 across 32 hospitalsMS$1,260Alabama: median $1,565 across 25 hospitalsAL$1,565Georgia: median $1,754 across 82 hospitalsGA$1,754Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,252 across 195 hospitalsTX$2,252Florida: median $2,894 across 142 hospitalsFL$2,894
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,971. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT34$3,463+76%$2,204 – $4,074
California CA187$3,380+71%$1,681 – $6,564
Illinois IL115$3,034+54%$1,424 – $4,401
Nebraska NE53$2,976+51%$1,935 – $3,567
Florida FL142$2,894+47%$1,533 – $8,739
Pennsylvania PA100$2,639+34%$562 – $4,742
South Carolina SC32$2,636+34%$955 – $2,893
Massachusetts MA36$2,554+30%$1,368 – $4,136
Virginia VA55$2,407+22%$1,008 – $3,032
Texas TX195$2,252+14%$1,098 – $3,610
Wisconsin WI76$2,210+12%$1,118 – $2,839
Colorado CO53$2,130+8%$972 – $2,917
Iowa IA49$2,110+7%$1,667 – $3,246
North Dakota ND15$2,100+7%$1,544 – $2,979
West Virginia WV20$2,084+6%$1,475 – $3,479
New Hampshire NH12$2,015+2%$1,535 – $7,712
Oregon OR35$1,997+1%$1,429 – $2,224
Washington WA58$1,9720%$1,276 – $2,651
North Carolina NC65$1,943−1%$1,435 – $2,465
Wyoming WY11$1,863−5%$808 – $2,806
Idaho ID12$1,838−7%$1,523 – $2,491
Ohio OH119$1,786−9%$1,338 – $2,777
Georgia GA82$1,754−11%$992 – $2,686
Michigan MI56$1,726−12%$1,044 – $2,832
Missouri MO51$1,714−13%$1,346 – $2,848
New Mexico NM20$1,700−14%$1,255 – $2,863
Nevada NV16$1,679−15%$1,364 – $2,918
Connecticut CT15$1,678−15%$1,078 – $1,979
New York NY90$1,580−20%$511 – $3,463
Kentucky KY46$1,572−20%$980 – $3,327
Alabama AL25$1,565−21%$864 – $2,109
Rhode Island RI10$1,496−24%$281 – $2,294
Kansas KS51$1,362−31%$779 – $2,989
Minnesota MN42$1,354−31%$579 – $2,783
Mississippi MS32$1,260−36%$855 – $1,775
Arizona AZ43$1,074−46%$422 – $5,675
Indiana IN73$1,068−46%$616 – $2,557
Oklahoma OK44$1,007−49%$642 – $2,046
Arkansas AR16$935−53%$719 – $2,124
Tennessee TN55$901−54%$599 – $1,580
Maryland MD35$892−55%$445 – $1,233
New Jersey NJ57$855−57%$451 – $3,117
Louisiana LA45$848−57%$611 – $1,912
Maine ME22$791−60%$501 – $2,482
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not 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 $1,971.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,868$1,831$865 – $3,552
Children’s62$2,681$2,043 – $4,798
Critical access510$2,130$1,118 – $3,205
Ownership
For-profit356$2,404$1,053 – $8,458
Government400$1,899$991 – $2,829
Non-profit1,684$1,935$900 – $3,330
System affiliation
Part of a system2,026$2,005$955 – $3,463
Independent422$1,833$886 – $3,078

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,504
Median cash price$1,971
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

1,718 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,016 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,086; most fall between $1,044 and $3,404.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,718 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
$655$1,254$2,016$3,131$4,770

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($655 vs $4,770).

Of the 1,917 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,718 gave a usable cash price; 107 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 92 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,448 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,730 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,448
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here183
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded99
Hospitals that filed this code2,730

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 Orbit Face & Neck W/Contrast Material.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRI of the eye socket, face, or neck with contrast (CPT 70542) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70542-mri-of-the-eye-socket-face-or-neck-with-contrast