CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$264

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $253–$331

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$262

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $264 This hospital $262 Cash price $773 Hospital's list price $3,221

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $118 Priciest $262

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

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $264 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $262, or about $773 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Poplar Bluff, MO.

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	$68 - $3,984	28%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$33 - $1,918	14%
Aetnamajor	$102 - $5,925	42%
Cignamajor	$69 - $5,925	28%
Humanamajor	$254	104%
Devoted Health	$264	108%
HealthLink	$80 - $4,629	33%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$70 - $6,665

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, 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 773), 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 Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center 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 Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center

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

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