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Procedure price report · Magnetic resonance imaging

MRA of neck blood vessels without and with contrast

CPT 70549the billing code this page is about

Magnetic resonance angiography of the neck blood vessels done first without contrast dye and then repeated after contrast is given.

Hospitals typically charge $2,482 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,077 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,520. Most fall between $1,240 and $4,175 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,077
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 3,077 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
$749$1,405$2,482$3,768$5,845

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($749 vs $5,845).

How the prices are spread

$492 – $655: 99 hospitals$492$655 – $874: 136 hospitals$874 – $1,165: 184 hospitals$874$1,165 – $1,554: 319 hospitals$1,554 – $2,072: 361 hospitals$1,554$2,072 – $2,762: 476 hospitals$2,762 – $3,683: 530 hospitals$2,762$3,683 – $4,911: 384 hospitals$4,911 – $6,548: 177 hospitals$4,911$6,548 – $8,730: 106 hospitals$6,548median $2,482price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,772 of 3,077 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$492$65599
$655$874136
$874$1,165184
$1,165$1,554319
$1,554$2,072361
$2,072$2,762476
$2,762$3,683530
$3,683$4,911384
$4,911$6,548177
$6,548$8,730106

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$2,482
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.0×

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 $2,482.

Alaska: median $3,979 across 13 hospitalsAK$3,979Maine: median $1,868 across 23 hospitalsME$1,868Vermont: median $4,638 across 11 hospitalsVT$4,638New Hampshire: median $2,815 across 21 hospitalsNH$2,815Washington: median $2,571 across 68 hospitalsWA$2,571Idaho: median $2,263 across 21 hospitalsID$2,263Montana: median $2,583 across 16 hospitalsMT$2,583North Dakota: median $3,477 across 25 hospitalsND$3,477Minnesota: median $2,310 across 101 hospitalsMN$2,310Illinois: median $3,525 across 129 hospitalsIL$3,525Wisconsin: median $2,676 across 105 hospitalsWI$2,676Michigan: median $2,150 across 81 hospitalsMI$2,150New York: median $1,919 across 99 hospitalsNY$1,919Massachusetts: median $3,266 across 51 hospitalsMA$3,266Oregon: median $2,672 across 45 hospitalsOR$2,672Nevada: median $2,326 across 17 hospitalsNV$2,326Wyoming: median $3,538 across 12 hospitalsWY$3,538South Dakota: median $3,898 across 26 hospitalsSD$3,898Iowa: median $2,942 across 81 hospitalsIA$2,942Indiana: median $1,291 across 90 hospitalsIN$1,291Ohio: median $1,899 across 125 hospitalsOH$1,899Pennsylvania: median $2,538 across 112 hospitalsPA$2,538New Jersey: median $721 across 56 hospitalsNJ$721Connecticut: median $2,124 across 20 hospitalsCT$2,124Rhode Island: median $1,313 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,313California: median $3,647 across 206 hospitalsCA$3,647Utah: median $3,931 across 36 hospitalsUT$3,931Colorado: median $2,710 across 64 hospitalsCO$2,710Nebraska: median $3,576 across 78 hospitalsNE$3,576Missouri: median $2,204 across 72 hospitalsMO$2,204Kentucky: median $1,919 across 57 hospitalsKY$1,919West Virginia: median $1,938 across 36 hospitalsWV$1,938Virginia: median $3,008 across 68 hospitalsVA$3,008Maryland: median $1,784 across 35 hospitalsMD$1,784Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,625 across 49 hospitalsAZ$1,625New Mexico: median $2,030 across 26 hospitalsNM$2,030Kansas: median $1,634 across 74 hospitalsKS$1,634Arkansas: median $949 across 30 hospitalsAR$949Tennessee: median $1,037 across 72 hospitalsTN$1,037North Carolina: median $2,570 across 84 hospitalsNC$2,570South Carolina: median $2,648 across 52 hospitalsSC$2,648Oklahoma: median $1,325 across 52 hospitalsOK$1,325Louisiana: median $1,080 across 45 hospitalsLA$1,080Mississippi: median $1,519 across 44 hospitalsMS$1,519Alabama: median $2,118 across 37 hospitalsAL$2,118Georgia: median $1,919 across 95 hospitalsGA$1,919Hawaii: median $2,189 across 12 hospitalsHI$2,189Texas: median $2,830 across 226 hospitalsTX$2,830Florida: median $3,100 across 163 hospitalsFL$3,100
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,482. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Vermont VT11$4,638+87%$2,908 – $6,317
Alaska AK13$3,979+60%$1,958 – $5,727
Utah UT36$3,931+58%$2,633 – $4,625
South Dakota SD26$3,898+57%$3,570 – $4,655
California CA206$3,647+47%$1,802 – $7,079
Nebraska NE78$3,576+44%$2,525 – $4,574
Wyoming WY12$3,538+43%$933 – $4,007
Illinois IL129$3,525+42%$1,915 – $4,650
North Dakota ND25$3,477+40%$2,458 – $4,237
Massachusetts MA51$3,266+32%$1,535 – $4,632
Florida FL163$3,100+25%$1,705 – $9,244
Virginia VA68$3,008+21%$1,499 – $4,398
Iowa IA81$2,942+19%$2,113 – $3,695
Texas TX226$2,830+14%$1,307 – $5,254
New Hampshire NH21$2,815+13%$2,157 – $6,930
Colorado CO64$2,710+9%$1,312 – $3,806
Wisconsin WI105$2,676+8%$1,273 – $3,522
Oregon OR45$2,672+8%$2,344 – $3,554
South Carolina SC52$2,648+7%$1,923 – $3,696
Montana MT16$2,583+4%$2,097 – $3,750
Washington WA68$2,571+4%$1,512 – $3,715
North Carolina NC84$2,570+4%$1,714 – $4,009
Pennsylvania PA112$2,538+2%$735 – $5,810
Nevada NV17$2,326−6%$531 – $4,317
Minnesota MN101$2,310−7%$1,070 – $3,416
Idaho ID21$2,263−9%$1,926 – $3,061
Missouri MO72$2,204−11%$1,362 – $2,965
Hawaii HI12$2,189−12%$1,688 – $3,518
Michigan MI81$2,150−13%$1,481 – $4,576
Connecticut CT20$2,124−14%$1,479 – $3,027
Alabama AL37$2,118−15%$1,086 – $3,540
New Mexico NM26$2,030−18%$1,351 – $3,010
West Virginia WV36$1,938−22%$1,477 – $3,657
Kentucky KY57$1,919−23%$1,287 – $3,365
New York NY99$1,919−23%$528 – $4,500
Georgia GA95$1,919−23%$1,220 – $3,892
Ohio OH125$1,899−23%$1,326 – $3,060
Maine ME23$1,868−25%$701 – $3,347
Maryland MD35$1,784−28%$891 – $2,465
Kansas KS74$1,634−34%$962 – $3,300
Arizona AZ49$1,625−35%$516 – $5,613
Mississippi MS44$1,519−39%$804 – $2,220
Oklahoma OK52$1,325−47%$709 – $2,355
Rhode Island RI10$1,313−47%$902 – $3,804
Indiana IN90$1,291−48%$734 – $2,794
Louisiana LA45$1,080−56%$790 – $1,840
Tennessee TN72$1,037−58%$577 – $2,759
Arkansas AR30$949−62%$584 – $1,986
New Jersey NJ56$721−71%$421 – $2,090
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 $2,482.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,234$2,365$1,135 – $4,370
Children’s63$3,512$2,356 – $5,360
Critical access770$2,737$1,433 – $3,930
Ownership
For-profit443$3,206$1,313 – $9,079
Government513$2,388$1,159 – $3,713
Non-profit2,111$2,449$1,240 – $3,931
System affiliation
Part of a system2,557$2,545$1,255 – $4,319
Independent520$2,220$1,071 – $3,754

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,178
Median cash price$2,482
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

2,095 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,579 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,595; most fall between $1,323 and $4,096.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,095 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
$823$1,499$2,579$3,744$5,503

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($823 vs $5,503).

Of the 2,318 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,095 gave a usable cash price; 119 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 104 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,077 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (78%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,397 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,077
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here202
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 — excluded114
Hospitals that filed this code3,397

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 Neck W/O &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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “MRA of neck blood vessels without and with contrast (CPT 70549) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70549-mra-of-neck-blood-vessels-without-and-with-contrast