MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
Facility: Tri-City Medical Center
Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA 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 $536 (about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate). Tri-City Medical Center charges insurers about $539, or about $2,409 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Oceanside, 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
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 | $1,687 - $1,849 | 473% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $979 - $2,385 | 275% |
| Aetnamajor | $803 - $2,478 | 225% |
| Cignamajor | $2,971 - $3,168 | 834% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $1,405 | 394% |
| Health Net | $314 - $3,128 | 88% |
| Molina | $1,204 | 338% |
| Providence Health Plan | $1,204 | 338% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $354 - $2,409 |
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Other Procedures at Tri-City Medical Center
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.