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MRI Of The Chest Without Contrast

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 71550

An MRI scanner uses magnetic fields to create detailed images of the structures inside the chest, such as the space between the lungs, major blood vessels, or lymph nodes, without using injected contrast dye. It is often used when more detail is needed than a chest X-ray or CT scan can provide.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MRI Of The Chest Without Contrast cost?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$525 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$309 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,399Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$692

WY $1,349UT $214

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.