CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$245

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $221–$518

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$226

About the fair price

about $19 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $245 This hospital $226 Cash price $1,997 Hospital's list price $3,072

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How this hospital compares to other OK hospitals

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

Cheapest $110 Priciest $226

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OK 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 $245 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc charges insurers about $226, or about $1,997 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Oklahoma City, OK.

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	$226 - $1,997	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$226 - $242	93%
Aetnamajor	$110 - $2,221	45%
Cignamajor	$232 - $972	95%
Humanamajor	$110 - $2,120	45%
Ambetter (Centene)	$310	127%
Healthcare Highways	$1,198 - $1,843	491%
HealthLink	$1,843 - $1,997	756%
Medica	$749	307%
+ 40 smaller / regional plans	$226 - $3,226

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 8 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 1,997), 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 Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc 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 Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc

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