CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, lower back (no contrast)

Facility: Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

Billing Code: 72148 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$163

about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $138–$462

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$162

About the fair price

about $1 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $163 This hospital $162 Cash price $622 Hospital's list price $622

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How this hospital compares to other NV hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other NV hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $124 Priciest $291

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a MRI, lower back (no contrast) is about $163 (about 0.7× the $244 Medicare rate). Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center charges insurers about $162, or about $622 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Las Vegas, NV.

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	$48 - $1,910	20%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$67 - $270	27%
Aetnamajor	$67 - $1,292	27%
Cignamajor	$84 - $1,214	34%
Humanamajor	$50 - $637	21%
Ambetter (Centene)	$82 - $1,919	34%
Amerigroup	$58 - $257	24%
Molina	$61 - $283	25%
SelectHealth	$136 - $2,107	56%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$58 - $6,855

Excludes 4 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 622), 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: 72148.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72148.
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 Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center

Compare: MRI, lower back (no contrast) at other NV hospitals

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