CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Ochsner Choctaw General

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$275

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $164–$756

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$226

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $49 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $275 This hospital $226 Cash price $1,037 Hospital's list price $1,364

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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 $226

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 $275 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Ochsner Choctaw General charges insurers about $226, or about $1,037 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Butler, 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	$79 - $883	32%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$110 - $784	45%
Aetnamajor	$164 - $1,044	67%
Cignamajor	$105 - $799	43%
Humanamajor	$48 - $723	20%
Ambetter (Centene)	$510 - $730	209%
WellCare	$161 - $723	66%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$112 - $1,309

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 4 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,037), 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 Ochsner Choctaw General 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 Ochsner Choctaw General

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

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