CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$268

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $255–$403

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$273

About the fair price

about $5 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $268 This hospital $273 Cash price $2,262 Hospital's list price $3,480

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How this hospital compares to other SC hospitals

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

Cheapest $115 Priciest $273

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 SC 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 $268 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $273, or about $2,262 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Spartanburg, SC.

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	$222 - $1,157	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$219 - $1,779	90%
Aetnamajor	$226 - $3,062	93%
Cignamajor	$222 - $2,784	91%
Humanamajor	$178 - $852	73%
Ambetter (Centene)	$418	171%
Molina	$203 - $820	83%
MVP Health Care	$2,688	1103%
SelectHealth	$199 - $820	82%
WellCare	$239	98%
+ 39 smaller / regional plans	$192 - $3,480

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

Excludes 10 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 2,262), 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 Prisma Health Greer Memorial 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 Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital

Compare: MRI, brain (no contrast) at other SC hospitals

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