CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Aspen Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$318

about 1.3× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $112–$1,119

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $318 Cash price $3,759 Hospital's list price $3,759

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	$2,030 - $3,759	833%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,030 - $3,477	833%
Aetnamajor	$2,030 - $3,759	833%
Cignamajor	$2,631 - $3,759	1079%
Humanamajor	$2,030 - $3,571	833%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$3,759	1542%
GEHA	$3,571	1465%
Harvard Pilgrim	$3,759	1542%
Health Net	$3,759	1542%
Tufts Health Plan	$3,759	1542%
+ 38 smaller / regional plans	$460 - $3,759

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 3,759), 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: 73721.

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 73721.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Aspen Valley Hospital

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