CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Elizabethtown Community Hospital

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$229

about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $115–$774

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$209

About the fair price

about $20 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $229 This hospital $209 Cash price $2,645 Hospital's list price $2,645

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How this hospital compares to other NY hospitals

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

Cheapest $73 Priciest $209

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NY 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, brain (no contrast) is about $229 (about 0.9× the $244 Medicare rate). Elizabethtown Community Hospital charges insurers about $209, or about $2,645 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Elizabethtown, NY.

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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$130 - $4,681	53%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$167 - $4,143	69%
Aetnamajor	$175 - $4,321	72%
Humanamajor	$176 - $230	72%
Fidelis Care	$158 - $1,932	65%
Harvard Pilgrim	$165 - $4,066	68%
MagnaCare	$165 - $4,066	68%
MVP Health Care	$185 - $3,970	76%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$126 - $4,178

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 2,645), 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 Elizabethtown Community 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 Elizabethtown Community Hospital

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