cost of hip mri
In Denver a Hip MRI with contrast agent at Rose Medical Center Outpatient Imaging was billed at $4645. A PPO plan wrote off $1997, and paid $1718.12, leaving the patient to pay $929.53. Therefore the net cost of the procedure was $2647.65. The cash price at a specialty imaging location is substantially less - as little as $650 with contrast.
According to this study released by Medicare, the average cost of an MRI is $2,611. However, Underwood Memorial Hospital in New Jersey reported an average of $13,259 for an MRI and Northbay Medical Center in California reported the average cost at $9,766.