The median cash price for MRI of the Neck (cervical spine, without contrast) is $1,935.84, based on the stated self-pay prices 39 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $237.44–$9,578.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$44.52 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$186.13 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$237.44 cash | $242.29 | 2026-04-01 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$267.55 cash | $4,263 | 2025-12-31 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$347.04 cash | $2,410 | 2026-03-02 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$360.80 cash | $902 | 3/31/2026 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$423.15 cash | $651 | 2026-06-16 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$432.38 cash | $1,413 | 1/1/2026 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$583.99 cash | $2,756 | 2026-03-04 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$845 cash | $1,690 | 3/30/2026 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$876.15 cash | $3,245 | 04/01/2026 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$958.17 cash | $5,043 | 2026-01-01 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$1,044.90 cash | $1,044.90 | 03/31/2026 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$1,177.75 cash | $3,365 | 2026-04-01 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$1,257.12 cash | $5,028.48 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$1,257.12 cash | $5,028.48 | 2026-03-30 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$1,326 cash | $2,652 | 2025-10-08 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,407.50 cash | $2,815 | 2026-04-01 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$1,464.97 cash | $3,835 | 2026-02-28 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,490.45 cash | $2,293 | 2026-03-23 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$1,532 cash | $3,830 | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$1,935.84 cash | $2,960 | 2026-04-01 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1,993.50 cash | $6,645 | 2026-04-01 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$2,070 cash | $2,760 | 2025-05-16 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$2,078.24 cash | $6,494.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$2,098.23 cash | $3,497.05 | 2026-02-18 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$2,752.75 cash | $5,005 | 2025-12-31 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$2,874.75 cash | $3,833 | 2026-04-01 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$3,309.75 cash | $4,413 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$3,309.75 cash | $4,413 | 2026-03-27 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$3,502.20 cash | $4,490 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$3,664 cash | $3,664 | 2025-12-01 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$3,706.44 cash | $5,532 | 2026-03-05 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$3,735.20 cash | $6,670 | 4/1/2026 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$3,948 cash | $5,640 | 4/1/2026 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$4,149.75 cash | $5,533 | 04/01/2026 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$4,512.80 cash | $11,282 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$4,532.40 cash | $7,554 | 2026-03-31 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$4,708 cash | $4,708 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$5,143.15 cash | $7,912.54 | 2025-11-26 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$9,578 cash | $9,578 | 2026-02-10 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for MRI of the Neck (cervical spine, without contrast), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.