Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for mri brain without contrast, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-15).
What a complete procedure typically includes
Our reference definition covers: brain scan, radiology report. It excludes: contrast, angiography, sedation. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.
How to read these numbers in 10 seconds:
Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).
Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.
What the public health system pays (official tariff)
$243.77 USD (single published tariff, n=1)What US Medicare pays the hospital (outpatient facility only)Official government source (L2)Hospital outpatient facility fee only — excludes the surgeon’s professional fee · Schedule: 2026-10Source: US Medicare (CMS OPPS)
$198.51 USD median (typical range p25–p75: 187.21–209.59 USD across 109 observations)What US Medicare pays the doctor (surgeon fee only)Official government source (L2)Doctor’s professional fee only — excludes hospital room, anaesthesia, and implant · Schedule: 2026-01Source: US Medicare (CMS Physician Fee Schedule)
Separate hospital and doctor payment schedules. Do not add together: we never sum them into a synthetic total.
PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME
— Not yet in our official snapshot for United States
Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution
public_tariff · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · code 70551 · source period 2026-01 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 173.48 · p25 187.21 · median 198.51 · p75 209.59 · max 262.77 USD · n=109
USD: min 173.48 · p25 187.21 · median 198.51 · p75 209.59 · max 262.77 USD · n=109
Countries in the index without official data for mri brain without contrast yet: Canada, Chile, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand.
Visual comparison by payer context
Each row is a separate published payment series, not a clinical ranking or a complete procedure quote. Solid teal bars indicate public hospital/episode tariffs; dashed amber bars indicate public doctor-only professional fees; purple bars indicate private published prices.Inspect complete statistical table (all series, quantiles, procedure codes, FX rates & exclusions)
Original currency and USD distributions; waits retain their published statistic and population. n counts observations, not patients.
Country / source scope
Distribution or reported wait
Evidence and dates
Canada
— No observations in snapshot
Chile
— No observations in snapshot
Denmark
— No observations in snapshot
Spain
— No observations in snapshot
Finland
— No observations in snapshot
France
— No observations in snapshot
United Kingdom
— No observations in snapshot
India
— No observations in snapshot
Italy
— No observations in snapshot
Norway
— No observations in snapshot
New Zealand
— No observations in snapshot
Poland
— No observations in snapshot
Portugal
— No observations in snapshot
Sweden
— No observations in snapshot
Thailand
— No observations in snapshot
United Statespublic_tariff · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · code 70551 · source period 2026-01
public_tariff · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · code 70551 · source period 2026-01 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 173.48 · p25 187.21 · median 198.51 · p75 209.59 · max 262.77 USD · n=109
USD: min 173.48 · p25 187.21 · median 198.51 · p75 209.59 · max 262.77 USD · n=109
United Statespublic_tariff · OPPS national unadjusted hospital outpatient facility payment; excludes separate professional fee · code 70551 · source period 2026-10
public_tariff · OPPS national unadjusted hospital outpatient facility payment; excludes separate professional fee · code 70551 · source period 2026-10 · Episode equivalence: unverified
Original: min 243.77 · p25 243.77 · median 243.77 · p75 243.77 · max 243.77 USD · n=1
USD: min 243.77 · p25 243.77 · median 243.77 · p75 243.77 · max 243.77 USD · n=1