CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$617

about 2.5× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $224–$1,558

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$566

About the fair price

about $51 under the fair price · 2.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $617 This hospital $566 Cash price $1,445 Hospital's list price $2,681

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How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other NH hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $130 Priciest $807

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

A fair price for a MRI, brain (no contrast) is about $617 (about 2.5× the $244 Medicare rate). Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $566, or about $1,445 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Lebanon, NH.

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	$1,930	792%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,073 - $2,386	440%
Aetnamajor	$2,413 - $2,547	990%
Cignamajor	$1,687 - $2,193	692%
Humanamajor	$2,788	1144%
Ambetter (Centene)	$58	24%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,668 - $2,324	684%
MVP Health Care	$2,440	1001%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,966	806%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$60 - $1,790

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 1,445), 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: 70551.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70551.
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 Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital

Compare: MRI, brain (no contrast) at other NH hospitals

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