CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$394

about 1.1× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $342–$467

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$393

About the fair price

about $1 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $394 This hospital $393 Cash price $5,035 Hospital's list price $5,035

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other SD hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 SD hospitals compared.

Cheapest $240 Priciest $819

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 SD 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 $394 (about 1.1× the $356 Medicare rate). Monument Health Rapid City Hospital charges insurers about $393, or about $5,035 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Rapid City, SD.

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	$319 - $3,323	89%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,289	362%
Aetnamajor	$4,532 - $4,834	1271%
Cignamajor	$4,834	1356%
Humanamajor	$334 - $4,532	94%
HealthPartners	$393 - $3,122	110%
Medica	$4,179	1172%
PacificSource	$4,280	1201%
Sanford Health Plan	$4,532	1271%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$319 - $4,834

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 2 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 5,035), 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 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

Enter your details and press estimate to compare.

Other Procedures at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

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

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