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Brain MRI with Contrast

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 70552

A magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain and brainstem performed after injecting a contrast dye into the bloodstream, which highlights blood vessels, tumors, inflammation, or areas where the brain's protective barrier has been disrupted. It provides more detailed information than a scan without contrast for certain conditions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Brain MRI with Contrast cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $501.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $251 to $603
$500$1Kprofessional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island· 18th of 51

$479

AK $724TX $316

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.