The median cash price for MRI of the Shoulder (without contrast) is $1,644.67, based on the stated self-pay prices 38 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 41 hospitals we cover, prices run $167.20–$9,618.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$40.68 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$167.20 cash | $418 | 3/31/2026 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$186.13 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$267.55 cash | $4,113 | 2025-12-31 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$271.19 est. | — | 2026-03-04 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$351 cash | $540 | 2026-06-16 |
| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
$446.40 cash | $455.51 | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$448.50 cash | $690 | 2026-04-01 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$449.21 cash | $1,468 | 1/1/2026 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$467.71 cash | $2,436 | 2026-03-02 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$578.14 cash | $2,312.57 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$578.14 cash | $2,312.57 | 2026-03-30 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$866 cash | $1,732 | 3/30/2026 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$876.15 cash | $3,245 | 04/01/2026 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$1,008 cash | $2,880 | 2026-04-01 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$1,031 cash | $2,062 | 2026-04-01 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$1,201.85 cash | $6,325.51 | 2026-01-01 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$1,228.52 cash | $3,216 | 2026-02-28 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$1,389.30 cash | $4,631 | 2026-04-01 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$1,527.20 cash | $3,818 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$1,616.16 cash | $5,050.50 | 2026-04-01 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,633.45 cash | $2,513 | 2026-03-23 |
| Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, TX |
$1,655.89 cash | $2,759.82 | 2026-02-18 |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital (Wake Forest) Winston-Salem, NC |
$1,754.50 cash | $3,509 | 2025-10-08 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$2,279.25 cash | $3,039 | 2025-05-16 |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center San Diego, CA |
$2,465.25 cash | $3,287 | 04/01/2026 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$2,593.25 cash | $4,715 | 2025-12-31 |
| Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston, MA |
$2,696.25 cash | $3,595 | 2026-03-27 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA |
$2,696.25 cash | $3,595 | 2026-03-27 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$2,740.70 cash | $2,740.70 | 03/31/2026 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA |
$3,042.75 cash | $4,057 | 2026-04-01 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$3,304 cash | $5,900 | 4/1/2026 |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX |
$3,312.48 cash | $4,944 | 2026-03-05 |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, IL |
$3,901.80 cash | $5,574 | 4/1/2026 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$4,157.40 cash | $5,330 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$4,283.99 cash | $6,590.76 | 2025-11-26 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$4,506.40 cash | $11,266 | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$4,771.20 cash | $7,952 | 2026-03-31 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$5,241 cash | $5,241 | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY |
$5,492 cash | $5,492 | 2025-12-01 |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$9,618 cash | $9,618 | 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 Shoulder (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.