CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, lower back (no contrast)

Facility: Adventist Health Hanford

Billing Code: 72148 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$294

about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $245–$362

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$307

About the fair price

about $13 over the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $294 This hospital $307 Cash price $619 Hospital's list price $3,256

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

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

Cheapest $60 Priciest $307

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

A fair price for a MRI, lower back (no contrast) is about $294 (about 1.2× the $244 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Hanford charges insurers about $307, or about $619 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hanford, CA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$70 - $2,618	29%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$70 - $3,212	29%
Aetnamajor	$335 - $5,796	137%
Cignamajor	$39 - $3,704	16%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$94 - $3,118	39%
Bright Health	$482	198%
Health Net	$102 - $3,330	42%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$70 - $6,049

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 619), 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: 72148.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Hanford is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72148.
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 Adventist Health Hanford

Compare: MRI, lower back (no contrast) at other CA hospitals

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