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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MR angiogram of the head without contrast

CPT 70544the billing code this page is about

A magnetic resonance scan that pictures the blood vessels of the head, done without injected contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,772 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,232 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,816. Most fall between $852 and $3,097 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,232
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 3,232 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
$558$998$1,772$2,727$4,197

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($558 vs $4,197).

How the prices are spread

$345 – $459: 66 hospitals$345$459 – $610: 187 hospitals$610 – $811: 194 hospitals$610$811 – $1,078: 291 hospitals$1,078 – $1,433: 361 hospitals$1,078$1,433 – $1,906: 503 hospitals$1,906 – $2,533: 526 hospitals$1,906$2,533 – $3,367: 419 hospitals$3,367 – $4,476: 235 hospitals$3,367$4,476 – $5,950: 128 hospitals$4,476median $1,772price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,910 of 3,232 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$345$45966
$459$610187
$610$811194
$811$1,078291
$1,078$1,433361
$1,433$1,906503
$1,906$2,533526
$2,533$3,367419
$3,367$4,476235
$4,476$5,950128

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$1,772
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.3×

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 $1,772.

Alaska: median $2,691 across 13 hospitalsAK$2,691Maine: median $1,124 across 24 hospitalsME$1,124Vermont: median $3,195 across 11 hospitalsVT$3,195New Hampshire: median $1,750 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,750Washington: median $1,760 across 71 hospitalsWA$1,760Idaho: median $1,837 across 21 hospitalsID$1,837Montana: median $1,822 across 16 hospitalsMT$1,822North Dakota: median $2,216 across 30 hospitalsND$2,216Minnesota: median $1,848 across 101 hospitalsMN$1,848Illinois: median $2,700 across 132 hospitalsIL$2,700Wisconsin: median $2,103 across 107 hospitalsWI$2,103Michigan: median $1,476 across 82 hospitalsMI$1,476New York: median $992 across 112 hospitalsNY$992Massachusetts: median $1,995 across 50 hospitalsMA$1,995Oregon: median $1,858 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,858Nevada: median $1,401 across 18 hospitalsNV$1,401Wyoming: median $1,538 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,538South Dakota: median $3,258 across 33 hospitalsSD$3,258Iowa: median $2,207 across 86 hospitalsIA$2,207Indiana: median $1,029 across 96 hospitalsIN$1,029Ohio: median $1,441 across 127 hospitalsOH$1,441Pennsylvania: median $1,585 across 115 hospitalsPA$1,585New Jersey: median $606 across 57 hospitalsNJ$606Connecticut: median $1,636 across 21 hospitalsCT$1,636Rhode Island: median $1,321 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,321California: median $2,575 across 213 hospitalsCA$2,575Utah: median $2,528 across 42 hospitalsUT$2,528Colorado: median $2,152 across 64 hospitalsCO$2,152Nebraska: median $3,050 across 80 hospitalsNE$3,050Missouri: median $1,594 across 73 hospitalsMO$1,594Kentucky: median $1,594 across 66 hospitalsKY$1,594West Virginia: median $1,468 across 39 hospitalsWV$1,468Virginia: median $1,971 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,971Maryland: median $1,152 across 37 hospitalsMD$1,152Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,141 across 49 hospitalsAZ$1,141New Mexico: median $1,798 across 29 hospitalsNM$1,798Kansas: median $1,364 across 81 hospitalsKS$1,364Arkansas: median $855 across 33 hospitalsAR$855Tennessee: median $780 across 78 hospitalsTN$780North Carolina: median $1,775 across 88 hospitalsNC$1,775South Carolina: median $2,086 across 51 hospitalsSC$2,086Oklahoma: median $998 across 59 hospitalsOK$998Louisiana: median $883 across 53 hospitalsLA$883Mississippi: median $1,002 across 49 hospitalsMS$1,002Alabama: median $1,584 across 38 hospitalsAL$1,584Georgia: median $1,539 across 103 hospitalsGA$1,539Hawaii: median $1,517 across 12 hospitalsHI$1,517Texas: median $2,268 across 233 hospitalsTX$2,268Florida: median $2,826 across 172 hospitalsFL$2,826
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,772. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD33$3,258+84%$2,723 – $4,290
Vermont VT11$3,195+80%$1,544 – $4,384
Nebraska NE80$3,050+72%$1,905 – $3,751
Florida FL172$2,826+59%$1,273 – $7,483
Illinois IL132$2,700+52%$1,210 – $3,862
Alaska AK13$2,691+52%$1,985 – $3,673
California CA213$2,575+45%$1,409 – $5,652
Utah UT42$2,528+43%$1,841 – $2,974
Texas TX233$2,268+28%$982 – $3,908
North Dakota ND30$2,216+25%$1,584 – $2,809
Iowa IA86$2,207+25%$1,619 – $2,795
Colorado CO64$2,152+21%$1,025 – $2,710
Wisconsin WI107$2,103+19%$851 – $2,476
South Carolina SC51$2,086+18%$1,344 – $2,929
Massachusetts MA50$1,995+13%$918 – $3,068
Virginia VA71$1,971+11%$974 – $3,269
Oregon OR46$1,858+5%$1,094 – $2,482
Minnesota MN101$1,848+4%$732 – $2,700
Idaho ID21$1,837+4%$1,469 – $1,923
Montana MT16$1,822+3%$1,427 – $2,536
New Mexico NM29$1,798+1%$893 – $2,330
North Carolina NC88$1,7750%$1,297 – $3,050
Washington WA71$1,760−1%$1,035 – $2,556
New Hampshire NH22$1,750−1%$1,240 – $4,565
Connecticut CT21$1,636−8%$1,069 – $1,853
Kentucky KY66$1,594−10%$989 – $3,258
Missouri MO73$1,594−10%$976 – $2,242
Pennsylvania PA115$1,585−11%$314 – $3,835
Alabama AL38$1,584−11%$798 – $2,756
Georgia GA103$1,539−13%$1,012 – $2,658
Wyoming WY12$1,538−13%$667 – $2,634
Hawaii HI12$1,517−14%$1,094 – $2,298
Michigan MI82$1,476−17%$938 – $3,126
West Virginia WV39$1,468−17%$923 – $2,485
Ohio OH127$1,441−19%$1,019 – $2,162
Nevada NV18$1,401−21%$1,018 – $2,681
Kansas KS81$1,364−23%$850 – $2,408
Rhode Island RI10$1,321−25%$556 – $1,937
Maryland MD37$1,152−35%$708 – $1,592
Arizona AZ49$1,141−36%$416 – $3,102
Maine ME24$1,124−37%$487 – $2,110
Indiana IN96$1,029−42%$583 – $1,965
Mississippi MS49$1,002−43%$683 – $1,570
Oklahoma OK59$998−44%$600 – $1,944
New York NY112$992−44%$345 – $3,266
Louisiana LA53$883−50%$564 – $1,956
Arkansas AR33$855−52%$584 – $1,574
Tennessee TN78$780−56%$353 – $1,740
New Jersey NJ57$606−66%$285 – $1,250
Delaware DE6not 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 $1,772.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,318$1,680$786 – $3,110
Children’s63$2,387$1,584 – $4,046
Critical access841$1,962$1,038 – $2,986
Ownership
For-profit472$2,394$954 – $6,840
Government564$1,737$876 – $2,775
Non-profit2,186$1,751$816 – $2,871
System affiliation
Part of a system2,665$1,793$851 – $3,173
Independent567$1,676$852 – $2,666

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,045
Median cash price$1,772
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

2,192 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,806 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,852; most fall between $928 and $2,974.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,192 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
$583$1,038$1,806$2,683$3,821

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($583 vs $3,821).

Of the 2,428 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,192 gave a usable cash price; 126 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 110 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,232 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (82%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,577 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,232
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here222
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 — excluded119
Hospitals that filed this code3,577

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 PR MR Angio, Head.

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, “MR angiogram of the head without contrast (CPT 70544) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70544-mr-angiogram-of-the-head-without-contrast