CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Cape Regional Medical Center Inc

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$550

about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $436–$800

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$600

About the fair price

about $50 over the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $550 This hospital $600 Cash price $471 Hospital's list price $5,399

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

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

Cheapest $360 Priciest $600

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

A fair price for a MRI, brain (with and without contrast) is about $550 (about 1.5× the $356 Medicare rate). Cape Regional Medical Center Inc charges insurers about $600, or about $471 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Cape May Court House, NJ.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$3,779 - $4,319	1060%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,736 - $2,850	768%
Aetnamajor	$409 - $1,677	115%
Cignamajor	$1,068	300%
Amerigroup	$572	160%
AmeriHealth	$1,003	281%
Clover Health	$410	115%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$410 - $3,779

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 471), 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 Cape Regional Medical Center Inc 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 Cape Regional Medical Center Inc

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