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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MR angiogram of the head with contrast

CPT 70545the billing code this page is about

A magnetic resonance scan that pictures the blood vessels of the head, done after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,928 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,482 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,009. Most fall between $963 and $3,448 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,482
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 2,482 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
$619$1,136$1,928$3,003$5,165

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($619 vs $5,165).

How the prices are spread

$419 – $556: 95 hospitals$419$556 – $738: 127 hospitals$738 – $978: 167 hospitals$738$978 – $1,298: 241 hospitals$1,298 – $1,722: 336 hospitals$1,298$1,722 – $2,284: 406 hospitals$2,284 – $3,029: 380 hospitals$2,284$3,029 – $4,018: 233 hospitals$4,018 – $5,330: 148 hospitals$4,018$5,330 – $7,070: 109 hospitals$5,330median $1,928price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,242 of 2,482 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$419$55695
$556$738127
$738$978167
$978$1,298241
$1,298$1,722336
$1,722$2,284406
$2,284$3,029380
$3,029$4,018233
$4,018$5,330148
$5,330$7,070109

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$1,928
Cash as a multiple of Medicare5.4×

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 $1,928.

Alaska: median $3,034 across 11 hospitalsAK$3,034Maine: median $721 across 20 hospitalsME$721Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,816 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,816Washington: median $1,713 across 58 hospitalsWA$1,713Idaho: median $1,923 across 18 hospitalsID$1,923Montana: median $1,958 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,958North Dakota: median $2,549 across 16 hospitalsND$2,549Minnesota: median $1,626 across 59 hospitalsMN$1,626Illinois: median $3,090 across 105 hospitalsIL$3,090Wisconsin: median $2,210 across 80 hospitalsWI$2,210Michigan: median $1,780 across 65 hospitalsMI$1,780New York: median $1,511 across 90 hospitalsNY$1,511Massachusetts: median $2,162 across 37 hospitalsMA$2,162Oregon: median $2,270 across 35 hospitalsOR$2,270Nevada: median $1,507 across 16 hospitalsNV$1,507Wyoming: median $2,026 across 11 hospitalsWY$2,026South Dakota: median $3,041 across 10 hospitalsSD$3,041Iowa: median $2,048 across 50 hospitalsIA$2,048Indiana: median $1,044 across 80 hospitalsIN$1,044Ohio: median $1,602 across 112 hospitalsOH$1,602Pennsylvania: median $2,299 across 92 hospitalsPA$2,299New Jersey: median $816 across 53 hospitalsNJ$816Connecticut: median $1,373 across 14 hospitalsCT$1,373Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,003 across 187 hospitalsCA$3,003Utah: median $2,209 across 34 hospitalsUT$2,209Colorado: median $2,372 across 47 hospitalsCO$2,372Nebraska: median $2,912 across 51 hospitalsNE$2,912Missouri: median $1,701 across 66 hospitalsMO$1,701Kentucky: median $1,664 across 45 hospitalsKY$1,664West Virginia: median $2,094 across 21 hospitalsWV$2,094Virginia: median $1,418 across 52 hospitalsVA$1,418Maryland: median $1,033 across 34 hospitalsMD$1,033Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,590 across 41 hospitalsAZ$1,590New Mexico: median $1,788 across 20 hospitalsNM$1,788Kansas: median $1,431 across 58 hospitalsKS$1,431Arkansas: median $1,249 across 16 hospitalsAR$1,249Tennessee: median $894 across 63 hospitalsTN$894North Carolina: median $2,137 across 54 hospitalsNC$2,137South Carolina: median $2,435 across 44 hospitalsSC$2,435Oklahoma: median $845 across 43 hospitalsOK$845Louisiana: median $810 across 38 hospitalsLA$810Mississippi: median $1,023 across 31 hospitalsMS$1,023Alabama: median $1,705 across 23 hospitalsAL$1,705Georgia: median $1,663 across 80 hospitalsGA$1,663Hawaii: median $1,962 across 11 hospitalsHI$1,962Texas: median $2,001 across 205 hospitalsTX$2,001Florida: median $3,638 across 142 hospitalsFL$3,638
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,928. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL142$3,638+89%$1,486 – $8,385
Illinois IL105$3,090+60%$1,455 – $4,890
South Dakota SD10$3,041+58%$2,950 – $3,703
Alaska AK11$3,034+57%$2,447 – $5,202
California CA187$3,003+56%$1,883 – $6,238
Nebraska NE51$2,912+51%$1,889 – $3,810
North Dakota ND16$2,549+32%$1,483 – $2,922
South Carolina SC44$2,435+26%$1,400 – $2,940
Colorado CO47$2,372+23%$1,025 – $2,839
Pennsylvania PA92$2,299+19%$562 – $4,936
Oregon OR35$2,270+18%$1,636 – $2,702
Wisconsin WI80$2,210+15%$1,136 – $2,903
Utah UT34$2,209+15%$1,795 – $2,599
Massachusetts MA37$2,162+12%$1,245 – $2,989
North Carolina NC54$2,137+11%$1,726 – $3,186
West Virginia WV21$2,094+9%$1,352 – $3,479
Iowa IA50$2,048+6%$1,505 – $3,105
Wyoming WY11$2,026+5%$1,423 – $3,264
Texas TX205$2,001+4%$1,195 – $4,152
Hawaii HI11$1,962+2%$1,709 – $2,788
Montana MT10$1,958+2%$1,096 – $2,401
Idaho ID18$1,9230%$1,763 – $3,763
New Hampshire NH15$1,816−6%$1,262 – $5,704
New Mexico NM20$1,788−7%$1,140 – $2,507
Michigan MI65$1,780−8%$1,189 – $3,987
Washington WA58$1,713−11%$1,055 – $2,665
Alabama AL23$1,705−12%$602 – $2,756
Missouri MO66$1,701−12%$1,199 – $2,348
Kentucky KY45$1,664−14%$1,048 – $3,603
Georgia GA80$1,663−14%$1,016 – $2,522
Minnesota MN59$1,626−16%$912 – $2,822
Ohio OH112$1,602−17%$1,132 – $2,504
Arizona AZ41$1,590−18%$472 – $3,360
New York NY90$1,511−22%$423 – $3,600
Nevada NV16$1,507−22%$617 – $2,730
Kansas KS58$1,431−26%$884 – $2,557
Virginia VA52$1,418−26%$939 – $2,891
Connecticut CT14$1,373−29%$1,078 – $2,265
Arkansas AR16$1,249−35%$661 – $1,942
Indiana IN80$1,044−46%$669 – $2,474
Maryland MD34$1,033−46%$569 – $1,575
Mississippi MS31$1,023−47%$790 – $1,585
Tennessee TN63$894−54%$384 – $2,081
Oklahoma OK43$845−56%$686 – $2,055
New Jersey NJ53$816−58%$451 – $2,267
Louisiana LA38$810−58%$581 – $1,768
Maine ME20$721−63%$609 – $2,482
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not 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 $1,928.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,891$1,839$905 – $3,581
Children’s61$2,788$1,919 – $4,233
Critical access522$2,085$1,074 – $3,157
Ownership
For-profit356$2,522$1,041 – $7,787
Government401$1,822$953 – $2,982
Non-profit1,717$1,887$954 – $3,182
System affiliation
Part of a system2,078$1,970$985 – $3,542
Independent404$1,730$881 – $3,141

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,415
Median cash price$1,928
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

1,751 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,998 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,076; most fall between $1,081 and $3,396.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,751 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
$672$1,249$1,998$2,979$4,580

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($672 vs $4,580).

Of the 1,940 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,751 gave a usable cash price; 102 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 87 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,482 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (63%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,753 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,482
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here177
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 — excluded94
Hospitals that filed this code2,753

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 Mra Head W/Contrast Material|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, “MR angiogram of the head with contrast (CPT 70545) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70545-mr-angiogram-of-the-head-with-contrast