CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Northwest Health - Porter

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$489

about 2.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $272–$660

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$505

About the fair price

about $16 over the fair price · 2.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $489 This hospital $505 Cash price $1,463 Hospital's list price $4,643

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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 $65 Priciest $505

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IN hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $489 (about 2.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Northwest Health - Porter charges insurers about $505, or about $1,463 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Valparaiso, IN.

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	$224 - $2,179	92%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$248 - $1,029	102%
Aetnamajor	$248 - $2,354	102%
Cignamajor	$1,291	530%
Humanamajor	$248 - $505	102%
CareSource	$505	207%
Devoted Health	$253	104%
Health Net	$2,052 - $2,749	842%
MagnaCare	$643	264%
+ 18 smaller / regional plans	$248 - $3,714

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

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 1,463), 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: 73721.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Northwest Health - Porter is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73721.
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 Northwest Health - Porter

Compare: MRI, knee or other leg joint at other IN hospitals

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