CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Holy Cross Hospital

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$349

about 1.4× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $234–$760

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$461

Above the fair price

about $112 over the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $349 This hospital $461 Cash price $3,082 Hospital's list price $4,741

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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 $461

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 (no contrast) is about $349 (about 1.4× the $244 Medicare rate). Holy Cross Hospital charges insurers about $461, or about $3,082 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $349. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

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	$244 - $3,353	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$249 - $2,465	102%
Aetnamajor	$244 - $2,380	100%
Cignamajor	$252 - $1,553	103%
Humanamajor	$913 - $4,741	375%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,137	877%
Ambetter (Centene)	$436	179%
AvMed	$458 - $1,185	188%
GEHA	$1,889	775%
Molina	$389	160%
MVP Health Care	$1,553	637%
Oscar Health	$424	174%
UniCare	$3,319	1362%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,553	637%
+ 45 smaller / regional plans	$169 - $4,741

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 3,082), 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 Holy Cross Hospital 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Holy Cross Hospital

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