CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Deaconess Illinois Crossroads

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$318

about 0.9× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $294–$362

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$339

About the fair price

about $21 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $318 This hospital $339 Cash price $2,335 Hospital's list price $10,616

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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 $339

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 $318 (about 0.9× the $356 Medicare rate). Deaconess Illinois Crossroads charges insurers about $339, or about $2,335 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mount Vernon, 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	$86 - $6,157	24%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$191 - $5,042	54%
Aetnamajor	$191 - $8,938	54%
Cignamajor	$168 - $4,129	47%
Humanamajor	$191 - $8,280	54%
HealthLink	$8,492 - $9,023	2383%
Meridian	$191 - $372	54%
Molina	$191 - $376	54%
WellCare	$191 - $372	54%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$191 - $9,023

Excludes 7 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 2,335), 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 Deaconess Illinois Crossroads 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 Deaconess Illinois Crossroads

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