MRI, brain (with and without contrast)
Facility: Excela Health - Frick Hospital
Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA 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 (with and without contrast) is about $439 (about 1.2× the $356 Medicare rate). Excela Health - Frick Hospital charges insurers about $407, or about $1,362 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mount Pleasant, PA.
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
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 | $371 - $908 | 104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $332 - $787 | 93% |
| Aetnamajor | $367 - $820 | 103% |
| Cignamajor | $374 - $787 | 105% |
| Humanamajor | $371 | 104% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $446 | 125% |
| AmeriHealth | $374 - $441 | 105% |
| Devoted Health | $374 | 105% |
| Geisinger | $374 - $407 | 105% |
| HealthPartners | $367 - $407 | 103% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $385 - $2,995 | 108% |
| + 10 smaller / regional plans | $356 - $1,816 |
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Other Procedures at Excela Health - Frick Hospital
Compare: MRI, brain (with and without contrast) at other PA hospitals
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $211
- Heritage Valley Beaver · Beaver $269
- Heritage Valley Sewickley · Sewickley $269
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital · Punxsutawney $310
- Uniontown Hospital · Uniontown $312
- Allegheny Valley Hospital · Natrona $316
- Allegheny General Hospital · Pittsburgh $316
- Canonsburg General Hospital · Canonsburg $316
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.