CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$547

about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $485–$581

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$494

About the fair price

about $53 under the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $547 This hospital $494 Cash price $1,731 Hospital's list price $9,108

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How this hospital compares to other AR hospitals

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

Cheapest $202 Priciest $494

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AR 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, brain (with and without contrast) is about $547 (about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. charges insurers about $494, or about $1,731 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Jonesboro, AR.

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	$339 - $1,223	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$329 - $5,465	92%
Aetnamajor	$346 - $2,732	97%
Cignamajor	$332 - $680	93%
Humanamajor	$346 - $6,831	97%
CareSource	$595	167%
Devoted Health	$336	94%
Health Net	$658	185%
HealthLink	$6,831 - $7,286	1917%
+ 57 smaller / regional plans	$329 - $6,376

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 1,731), 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: 70553.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70553.
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 Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.

Compare: MRI, brain (with and without contrast) at other AR hospitals

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