CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Parkridge Medical Center

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$642

about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $400–$797

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$660

About the fair price

about $18 over the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $642 This hospital $660 Cash price $13,553 Hospital's list price $13,553

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How this hospital compares to other TN hospitals

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

Cheapest $101 Priciest $660

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TN 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 $642 (about 1.8× the $356 Medicare rate). Parkridge Medical Center charges insurers about $660, or about $13,553 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Chattanooga, TN.

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	$616 - $6,099	173%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$881 - $4,202	247%
Aetnamajor	$266 - $6,777	75%
Cignamajor	$4,649 - $10,843	1304%
Humanamajor	$451 - $8,810	127%
Ambetter (Centene)	$660 - $661	185%
Amerigroup	$2,060	578%
Health Net	$9,487	2662%
WellCare	$2,711	761%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$369 - $9,487

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 13,553), 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 Parkridge 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 Parkridge Medical Center

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