CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Bayou Bend Health System

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$388

about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $211–$654

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$373

About the fair price

about $15 under the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $388 This hospital $373 Cash price $764 Hospital's list price $1,091

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

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

Cheapest $108 Priciest $373

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

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $388 (about 1.6× the $244 Medicare rate). Bayou Bend Health System charges insurers about $373, or about $764 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Franklin, LA.

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	$373 - $546	153%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$256 - $768	105%
Aetnamajor	$546 - $742	224%
Cignamajor	$1,650	677%
Humanamajor	$546 - $709	224%
Ambetter (Centene)	$627	257%
AmeriHealth	$768	315%
Health Net	$546 - $818	224%
WellCare	$546	224%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$546 - $927

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 5 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 764), 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 Bayou Bend Health System 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 Bayou Bend Health System

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