CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Uchealth Greeley Hospital

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$642

about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $386–$702

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$648

About the fair price

about $6 over the fair price · 1.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $642 This hospital $648 Cash price $2,530 Hospital's list price $4,217

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

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

Cheapest $107 Priciest $648

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CO 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 $642 (about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate). Uchealth Greeley Hospital charges insurers about $648, or about $2,530 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Greeley, CO.

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

✓ 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	$357 - $1,107	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$357 - $2,621	100%
Aetnamajor	$357 - $2,446	100%
Cignamajor	$357 - $1,319	100%
Humanamajor	$357	100%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$357	100%
Devoted Health	$357	100%
SelectHealth	$357 - $833	100%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$616 - $3,289

Excludes 2 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 2,530), 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 Uchealth Greeley Hospital 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 Uchealth Greeley Hospital

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

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