CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Conway Medical Center

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$318

about 0.9× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $219–$993

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$191

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $127 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $318 This hospital $191 Cash price $1,333 Hospital's list price $1,333

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other SC hospitals

Lowest price of the 9 SC hospitals we have prices for — a strong deal.

Cheapest $191 Priciest $368

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 (with and without contrast) is about $318 (about 0.9× the $356 Medicare rate). Conway Medical Center charges insurers about $191, or about $1,333 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Conway, 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	$102 - $1,318	29%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$102 - $2,370	29%
Aetnamajor	$94 - $1,407	26%
Cignamajor	$511 - $1,355	143%
Humanamajor	$102 - $333	29%
Clover Health	$102 - $333	29%
Devoted Health	$102 - $333	29%
Molina	$102 - $333	29%
SelectHealth	$102 - $333	29%
WellCare	$102 - $333	29%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$102 - $1,827

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,333), 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: 70553.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Conway Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70553.
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 Conway Medical Center

Compare: MRI, brain (with and without contrast) at other SC hospitals

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