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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

CPT 76390the billing code this page is about

A magnetic resonance study that measures the chemical makeup of tissue rather than producing standard anatomical pictures.

Hospitals typically charge $1,291 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,294 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,344. Most fall between $537 and $2,604 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,294
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 1,294 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
$342$641$1,291$2,191$3,719

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($342 vs $3,719).

How the prices are spread

$119 – $175: 23 hospitals$119$175 – $258: 22 hospitals$258 – $381: 46 hospitals$258$381 – $561: 117 hospitals$561 – $827: 153 hospitals$561$827 – $1,219: 202 hospitals$1,219 – $1,796: 225 hospitals$1,219$1,796 – $2,647: 193 hospitals$2,647 – $3,901: 122 hospitals$2,647$3,901 – $5,749: 65 hospitals$3,901median $1,291price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,168 of 1,294 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$119$17523
$175$25822
$258$38146
$381$561117
$561$827153
$827$1,219202
$1,219$1,796225
$1,796$2,647193
$2,647$3,901122
$3,901$5,74965

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$89
Median cash price$1,291
Cash as a multiple of Medicare14.5×

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 $1,291.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $859 across 33 hospitalsWA$859Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $952 across 24 hospitalsMN$952Illinois: median $2,207 across 53 hospitalsIL$2,207Wisconsin: median $2,154 across 55 hospitalsWI$2,154Michigan: median $1,882 across 43 hospitalsMI$1,882New York: median $647 across 42 hospitalsNY$647Massachusetts: median $2,186 across 19 hospitalsMA$2,186Oregon: median $1,200 across 25 hospitalsOR$1,200Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,117 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,117Indiana: median $648 across 38 hospitalsIN$648Ohio: median $1,155 across 72 hospitalsOH$1,155Pennsylvania: median $678 across 64 hospitalsPA$678New Jersey: median $418 across 38 hospitalsNJ$418Connecticut: median $941 across 11 hospitalsCT$941Rhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,080 across 111 hospitalsCA$2,080Utah: median $766 across 13 hospitalsUT$766Colorado: median $1,793 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,793Nebraska: median $664 across 14 hospitalsNE$664Missouri: median $1,431 across 30 hospitalsMO$1,431Kentucky: median $1,407 across 23 hospitalsKY$1,407West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,224 across 36 hospitalsVA$1,224Maryland: median $1,184 across 18 hospitalsMD$1,184Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $481 across 12 hospitalsAZ$481New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $504 across 26 hospitalsTN$504North Carolina: median $1,026 across 31 hospitalsNC$1,026South Carolina: median $1,698 across 21 hospitalsSC$1,698Oklahoma: median $443 across 15 hospitalsOK$443Louisiana: median $939 across 19 hospitalsLA$939Mississippi: median $867 across 15 hospitalsMS$867Alabama: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $534 across 48 hospitalsGA$534Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,442 across 125 hospitalsTX$1,442Florida: median $1,859 across 97 hospitalsFL$1,859
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,291. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL53$2,207+71%$950 – $3,988
Massachusetts MA19$2,186+69%$651 – $2,989
Wisconsin WI55$2,154+67%$1,340 – $2,604
California CA111$2,080+61%$1,376 – $5,204
Michigan MI43$1,882+46%$676 – $3,008
Florida FL97$1,859+44%$1,006 – $4,202
Colorado CO32$1,793+39%$1,183 – $3,290
South Carolina SC21$1,698+32%$1,407 – $1,698
Texas TX125$1,442+12%$1,066 – $2,182
Missouri MO30$1,431+11%$374 – $1,963
Kentucky KY23$1,407+9%$464 – $3,258
Virginia VA36$1,224−5%$537 – $1,921
Oregon OR25$1,200−7%$982 – $1,429
Maryland MD18$1,184−8%$1,007 – $1,791
Ohio OH72$1,155−11%$495 – $2,029
Iowa IA19$1,117−13%$138 – $2,199
North Carolina NC31$1,026−21%$781 – $1,535
Minnesota MN24$952−26%$595 – $1,130
Connecticut CT11$941−27%$562 – $2,745
Louisiana LA19$939−27%$507 – $1,348
Mississippi MS15$867−33%$320 – $1,346
Washington WA33$859−33%$753 – $1,352
Utah UT13$766−41%$766 – $766
Pennsylvania PA64$678−48%$214 – $4,171
Nebraska NE14$664−49%$579 – $1,008
Indiana IN38$648−50%$414 – $917
New York NY42$647−50%$104 – $2,973
Georgia GA48$534−59%$203 – $2,278
Tennessee TN26$504−61%$76 – $537
Arizona AZ12$481−63%$371 – $1,330
Oklahoma OK15$443−66%$440 – $1,018
New Jersey NJ38$418−68%$102 – $1,124
Alabama AL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $1,291.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,124$1,237$534 – $2,577
Children’s52$2,090$907 – $3,706
Critical access108$1,390$694 – $2,604
Ownership
For-profit146$1,928$710 – $6,274
Government138$970$290 – $1,811
Non-profit1,000$1,288$559 – $2,480
System affiliation
Part of a system1,182$1,291$537 – $2,604
Independent112$1,289$600 – $2,973

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,345
Median cash price$1,291
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

997 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,330 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,410; most fall between $581 and $2,591.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 997 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
$395$766$1,330$2,182$3,290

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($395 vs $3,290).

Of the 1,079 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 997 gave a usable cash price; 41 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,294 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (33%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,402 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,294
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded46
Hospitals that filed this code1,402

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 Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as MRI Spectroscopy|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, “Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (CPT 76390) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76390-magnetic-resonance-spectroscopy