CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$605

about 1.7× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $320–$731

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$563

About the fair price

about $42 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $605 This hospital $563 Cash price $3,763 Hospital's list price $5,789

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $116 Priciest $563

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IN 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 $605 (about 1.7× the $356 Medicare rate). Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $563, or about $3,763 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mishawaka, IN.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$105 - $1,876	29%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$84 - $1,303	24%
Aetnamajor	$191 - $3,763	54%
Cignamajor	$3,705	1039%
CareSource	$572	160%
GEHA	$112 - $1,056	31%
Health Net	$3,705 - $4,284	1039%
HealthPartners	$3,705	1039%
Medical Mutual	$974 - $3,763	273%
Meridian	$369	104%
MVP Health Care	$3,705	1039%
Priority Health	$3,705	1039%
+ 42 smaller / regional plans	$112 - $5,789

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 3,763), 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 Saint Joseph Regional 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 Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

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

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