Posted Price

MRI of the brain, without and with contrast at Palos Community Hospital

CPT 70553 · Palos Heights, IL

Cash price$5,385.10
Gross charge$7,693.00
Insurer rates$1,230.88 – $7,693.00

These are Palos Community Hospital's own posted figures from its standard-charges file dated April 1, 2026. They are not a quote. Source: the hospital's file · its price transparency page.

Across 39 Illinois hospitals we index that post a cash price for this service: lowest $372.00, median $2,650.00, highest $7,315.00. See every hospital.

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Ingalls Memorial Hospital
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Holy Cross Hospital
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Roseland Community Hospital
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Advocate Trinity Hospital
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12.6 mi$2,575.00$5,150.002025-11-04
The University of Chicago Medical Center
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12.7 mi$7,132.00$7,132.002026-04-01
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical Center
Chicago, IL
14.1 mi$4,099.58$5,856.542026-09-22
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
15.3 mi$1,204.28$5,236.002026-03-31

Distances are straight-line from ZIP code centers. Each hospital's figures come from its own file; files are updated on different dates.

Every row for CPT 70553 in this hospital's file

Row in the hospital's fileSettingCashGrossInsurer min – max
HB MRI Brain Stem W/O & W/Dye
standard_charge_information[21910]
outpatient$5,385.10$7,693.00$1,230.88 – $7,693.00

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