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: 2026-10-19).
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.
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)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)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
Countries in the index without official data for mri brain without contrast yet: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Türkiye.
Visual comparison by payer context
Public payment tariffs · United States · PFS professional fee in facility; non-QP; excludes hospital, anaesthesia and implant · 2026-01 · USD
Original source amounts. Each row retains its own scope and source period.
Public payment tariffs · United States · OPPS national unadjusted hospital outpatient facility payment; excludes separate professional fee · 2026-10 · USD
Original source amounts. Each row retains its own scope and source period.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
Argentina
— No observations in snapshot
Australia
— No observations in snapshot
Belgium
— No observations in snapshot
Brazil
— No observations in snapshot
Canada
— No observations in snapshot
Chile
— No observations in snapshot
Colombia
— No observations in snapshot
Costa Rica
— No observations in snapshot
Cyprus
— No observations in snapshot
Czechia
— 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
Greece
— No observations in snapshot
Hungary
— No observations in snapshot
India
— No observations in snapshot
Italy
— No observations in snapshot
Japan
— No observations in snapshot
Mexico
— No observations in snapshot
Malaysia
— 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
Türkiye
— 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
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
CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC). “CareFare Global Health Index: MRI brain without contrast.” Version 1; evidence capture cutoff 2026-10-14. https://carefareglobal.com/index/mri-brain. Accessed: [YYYY-MM-DD: fill in access date].
BibTeX
@misc{carefare_health_index__index_mri_brain,
author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: MRI brain without contrast},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-14},
url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/mri-brain},
urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-14. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}
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