CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$280

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $214–$642

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$318

About the fair price

about $38 over the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $280 This hospital $318 Cash price $571 Hospital's list price $816

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $101 Priciest $318

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a MRI, brain (no contrast) is about $280 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus charges insurers about $318, or about $571 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hialeah, FL.

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✓ 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	$162 - $5,396	66%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$249 - $2,263	102%
Aetnamajor	$153 - $249	63%
Cignamajor	$630	258%
Humanamajor	$788 - $5,396	323%
Ambetter (Centene)	$249	102%
Bright Health	$76 - $299	31%
Oscar Health	$10,792	4427%
Simply Healthcare	$162 - $5,396	66%
WellCare	$153 - $600	63%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$76 - $5,396

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 571), 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: 70551.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70551.
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 Larkin Community Hospital Palm Springs Campus

Compare: MRI, brain (no contrast) at other FL hospitals

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