CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$477

about 1.3× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $370–$562

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$525

About the fair price

about $48 over the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $477 This hospital $525 Cash price $1,199 Hospital's list price $3,154

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $114 Priciest $525

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

A fair price for a MRI, brain (with and without contrast) is about $477 (about 1.3× the $356 Medicare rate). Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock charges insurers about $525, or about $1,199 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bay Saint Louis, MS.

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	$328	92%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$908 - $1,168	255%
Aetnamajor	$331 - $2,523	93%
Cignamajor	$328 - $1,262	92%
Humanamajor	$295 - $328	83%
Ambetter (Centene)	$525	147%
WellCare	$328	92%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$344 - $2,208

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 1,199), 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 Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock 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 Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock

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