CMS Price Transparency Data
MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
Facility: Sharp Memorial Hospital
Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$415
about 1.2× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $403–$917
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $356 Fair price $415 Cash price $4,562 Hospital's list price $6,083
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 | $3,437 | 964% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $3,437 - $4,562 | 964% |
| Aetnamajor | $4,258 | 1195% |
| Cignamajor | $3,711 - $4,562 | 1041% |
| Humanamajor | $2,433 | 683% |
| Health Net | $1,703 - $4,866 | 478% |
| Molina | $3,437 | 964% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $2,068 - $4,684 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Sharp Memorial Hospital
Compare: MRI, brain (with and without contrast) at other CA hospitals
- Saint Agnes Medical Center · Fresno $90
- Mayers Memorial Hospital · Fall River Mills $110
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $142
- Adventist Health Howard Memorial · Willits $160
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $195
- Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley · Tehachapi $197
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $208
- Kern Medical Center · Bakersfield $288
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.