CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$715

about 2.0× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $298–$3,260

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $715 Cash price $5,572 Hospital's list price $6,965

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$1,950 - $6,965	547%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,358 - $6,965	381%
Aetnamajor	$558 - $5,572	157%
Cignamajor	$1,000 - $3,326	281%
Humanamajor	$1,094 - $6,965	307%
HealthLink	$3,300 - $5,920	926%
Meridian	$1,950 - $6,965	547%
Molina	$1,950 - $6,965	547%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$558 - $6,965

Excludes 10 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 5,572), 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 Memorial Hospital 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.

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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