CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$314

about 1.3× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $200–$653

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$312

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $314 This hospital $312 Cash price $1,534 Hospital's list price $1,534

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How this hospital compares to other OR hospitals

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

Cheapest $75 Priciest $312

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OR 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 $314 (about 1.3× the $244 Medicare rate). Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center charges insurers about $312, or about $1,534 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bandon, OR.

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	$2,481	1018%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$126 - $2,563	52%
Aetnamajor	$312 - $2,481	128%
Cignamajor	$124 - $2,177	51%
Health Net	$2,288	939%
Moda Health	$124 - $2,453	51%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$139 - $2,618

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 1,534), 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 Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center 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 Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center

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