MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
Facility: Whittier Hospital 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.
A fair price for a MRI, brain (with and without contrast) is about $560 (about 1.6× the $356 Medicare rate). Whittier Hospital Medical Center charges insurers about $538, or about $1,173 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Whittier, CA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
6 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 | $602 - $3,103 | 169% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $90 - $10,553 | 25% |
| Aetnamajor | $442 - $3,500 | 124% |
| Cignamajor | $1,940 | 544% |
| Humanamajor | $442 | 124% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $311 - $6,084 | 87% |
| Health Net | $311 - $3,954 | 87% |
| Molina | $464 - $561 | 130% |
| Presbyterian | $1,367 | 384% |
| Sentara | $435 - $442 | 122% |
| + 51 smaller / regional plans | $125 - $8,691 |
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Other Procedures at Whittier Hospital 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.