CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: North Alabama Medical Center

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$271

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $233–$409

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$233

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $38 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $271 This hospital $233 Cash price $811 Hospital's list price $2,317

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

Highest price of the 9 AL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $124 Priciest $233

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $271 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). North Alabama Medical Center charges insurers about $233, or about $811 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Florence, AL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$95 - $320	39%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$40 - $216	16%
Aetnamajor	$209 - $2,791	86%
Cignamajor	$1,214	498%
Humanamajor	$233	96%
Ambetter (Centene)	$267 - $287	110%
Cigna HealthSpring	$208	85%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$212 - $1,468

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 811), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 73721.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm North Alabama Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73721.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at North Alabama Medical Center

Compare: MRI, knee or other leg joint at other AL hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.