MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
Facility: Doctors Hospital
Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 GA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 GA 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 $531 (about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate). Doctors Hospital charges insurers about $519, or about $13,274 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Augusta, GA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
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 | $828 - $5,973 | 232% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $153 - $631 | 43% |
| Aetnamajor | $548 - $7,318 | 154% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $479 | 134% |
| Amerigroup | $1,885 | 529% |
| Health Net | $10,620 | 2980% |
| WellCare | $2,655 | 745% |
| + 9 smaller / regional plans | $369 - $11,947 |
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Other Procedures at Doctors Hospital
Compare: MRI, brain (with and without contrast) at other GA hospitals
- Savannah Health Services LLC DBA Memorial Health University Medical Center · Savannah $253
- Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus · Saint Marys $282
- Navicent Health Baldwin · Milledgeville $293
- Hamilton Medical Center · Dalton $298
- Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus · Brunswick $300
- Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta $302
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham · Demorest $321
- Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins · Warner Robins $328
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.