CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: HCA Healthone Spalding Rehabilitation

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$637

about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $252–$1,835

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$621

About the fair price

about $16 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $637 This hospital $621 Cash price $8,782 Hospital's list price $8,782

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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 $621

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 $637 (about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate). HCA Healthone Spalding Rehabilitation charges insurers about $621, or about $8,782 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Aurora, CO.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$626 - $3,952	176%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,852 - $5,972	520%
Aetnamajor	$2,635 - $4,453	739%
Cignamajor	$2,362 - $5,621	663%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,925 - $5,234	821%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$828 - $5,709

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 8,782), 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 HCA Healthone Spalding Rehabilitation 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 HCA Healthone Spalding Rehabilitation

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

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