CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$629

about 2.6× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $303–$765

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$434

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $195 under the fair price · 1.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $629 This hospital $434 Cash price $2,339 Hospital's list price $7,176

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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 $65 Priciest $434

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 (no contrast) is about $629 (about 2.6× the $244 Medicare rate). Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th charges insurers about $434, or about $2,339 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Carthage, TN.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

1 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield UnitedHealthcareAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$423 - $445	174%

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 2,339), 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 Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th 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 Highpoint Health-Riverview With Ascension Saint Th

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