Average cost of mri without insurance (4 figures)
For without contrast, the median published figure in the Self Pay Imaging Price Index is 295 USD across 3 figures from the sources' own pages (range 270 to 800 USD), read 12 October 2026.
7 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By contrast
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| contrastwithout contrast | 295USD | 270 to 800USD | 3 |
| contrastwithout contrast | 320GBP | 249 to 499GBP | 4 |
| contrastwith contrast | 390USD | 390 to 390USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Imaging Center MRI and CT pricing | 800USD | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| The Vesey private MRI scan cost (UK) | 499GBP | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Total MRI & Diagnostic (Hollywood, FL) self-pay MRI | 390USD | with contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Practice Plus Group private MRI scan costs (UK) | 350GBP | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Advanced Medical Imaging self-pay price list | 295USD | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Unirad private MRI scan cost (UK) | 290GBP | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Total MRI & Diagnostic (Hollywood, FL) self-pay MRI | 270USD | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
| Vista Health private MRI self-referral prices (UK) | 249GBP | without contrast | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (8)
- Montana Imaging Center MRI and CT pricing, read 2026-10-12:
70551 MRI Brain w/o Cont $800 $2396 $1596
- The Vesey private MRI scan cost (UK), read 2026-10-12:
MRI at The Vesey starts from £499 for one area, and every scan begins with a free imaging consultation to confirm the right scan for you.
- Total MRI & Diagnostic (Hollywood, FL) self-pay MRI, read 2026-10-12:
MRI (With Contrast): $390
- Practice Plus Group private MRI scan costs (UK), read 2026-10-12:
At Practice Plus Group, prices for MRI scans start at £350 for one body part.
- Advanced Medical Imaging self-pay price list, read 2026-10-12:
Ours start at $295.
- Unirad private MRI scan cost (UK), read 2026-10-12:
At Unirad in Glasgow, single-area scans start from £290 — with a full consultant radiologist report included in the price.
- Total MRI & Diagnostic (Hollywood, FL) self-pay MRI, read 2026-10-12:
MRI Without Contrast ($270):
- Vista Health private MRI self-referral prices (UK), read 2026-10-12:
PRIVATE MRI PRICES FROM JUST £249
Read in full, publishes no figure
13 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- MH Imaging insurance and self-pay pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Advantage Diagnostics self-pay rates, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Imaging Healthcare Specialists pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- KSK Imaging Center of Irvine cash exam pricing, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Mosaic Diagnostic Imaging cash-pay offers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Craft Body Scan MRI cost without insurance, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Excel Medical Imaging self-pay price list, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- California Medical Imaging cash pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Radiology Consultants of Iowa cash pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- 45 CFR Part 180, hospital price transparency (eCFR, current), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- CMS hospital price transparency: requirements for hospitals, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- CMS hospital price transparency fact sheet, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GoPrivate / privatehealth.co.uk MRI cost page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
7 of the 20 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 98 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per imaging centre per exam per contrast state, from the centre's own published self-pay list, joined to the hospital discounted-cash-price for the same CPT code taken from that hospital's 45 CFR 180 machine-readable file: the freestanding-versus-hospital gap per metro, the count of centres publishing a list at all, and the spread within one city - a comparison the price-transparency files make possible and nobody assembles for a patient
98 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (21)
- Advanced Medical Imaging self-pay price list(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- MH Imaging insurance and self-pay pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Montana Imaging Center MRI and CT pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Advantage Diagnostics self-pay rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Imaging Healthcare Specialists pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- KSK Imaging Center of Irvine cash exam pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Total MRI & Diagnostic (Hollywood, FL) self-pay MRI(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mosaic Diagnostic Imaging cash-pay offers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Craft Body Scan MRI cost without insurance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Excel Medical Imaging self-pay price list(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- California Medical Imaging cash pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Radiology Consultants of Iowa cash pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Practice Plus Group private MRI scan costs (UK)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Vista Health private MRI self-referral prices (UK)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Unirad private MRI scan cost (UK)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Vesey private MRI scan cost (UK)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 45 CFR Part 180, hospital price transparency (eCFR, current)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CMS hospital price transparency: requirements for hospitals(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- CMS hospital price transparency fact sheet(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GoPrivate / privatehealth.co.uk MRI cost page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Diagnostic Imaging Centers (Kansas City) procedure pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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For without contrast, the median published figure in the Self Pay Imaging Price Index is 295 USD across 3 figures from the sources' own pages (range 270 to 800 USD), read 12 October 2026.
7 of the 20 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Self Pay Imaging Price Index, contrast without contrast: median 295 USD across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Self Pay Imaging Price Index, contrast without contrast: median 320 GBP across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Self Pay Imaging Price Index, contrast with contrast: median 390 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "Procedure Cost Checker Self Pay Imaging Price Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://procedurecostchecker.com/datasets/self-pay-imaging-price-index/.
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