CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Riverside Medical Center

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$484

about 1.4× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $382–$484

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$484

About the fair price

1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $484 This hospital $484 Cash price $3,028 Hospital's list price $11,375

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

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

Cheapest $191 Priciest $484

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IL 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 $484 (about 1.4× the $356 Medicare rate). Riverside Medical Center charges insurers about $484, or about $3,028 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Kankakee, IL.

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	$372	104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$372	104%
Aetnamajor	$383 - $850	107%
Cignamajor	$1,279	359%
Humanamajor	$1,603	450%
Molina	$387	109%
WellCare	$391	110%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$484 - $1,774

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 3,028), 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 Riverside Medical Center 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 Riverside Medical Center

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

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