CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Aspen Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$435

about 1.2× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $192–$1,164

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $435 Cash price $4,277 Hospital's list price $4,277

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$2,310 - $4,277	648%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,310 - $3,956	648%
Aetnamajor	$2,310 - $4,277	648%
Cignamajor	$2,994 - $4,277	840%
Humanamajor	$2,310 - $4,063	648%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$4,277	1200%
GEHA	$4,063	1140%
Harvard Pilgrim	$4,277	1200%
Health Net	$4,277	1200%
Tufts Health Plan	$4,277	1200%
+ 38 smaller / regional plans	$736 - $4,277

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

Excludes 8 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 4,277), 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 Aspen Valley 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 Aspen Valley Hospital

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