CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (no contrast)

Facility: Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus of Lpds Healthc

Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$265

about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $232–$336

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$238

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $27 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $265 This hospital $238 Cash price $14,075 Hospital's list price $14,075

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $69 Priciest $238

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX 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 $265 (about 1.1× the $244 Medicare rate). Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus of Lpds Healthc charges insurers about $238, or about $14,075 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in El Paso, TX.

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	$204 - $6,334	84%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$732 - $1,247	300%
Aetnamajor	$218 - $2,894	89%
Cignamajor	$1,520 - $3,989	624%
Humanamajor	$253	104%
Amerigroup	$202 - $212	83%
Healthcare Highways	$2,702	1108%
Molina	$222	91%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$202 - $12,668

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 8 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 14,075), 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 Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus of Lpds Healthc 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 Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus of Lpds Healthc

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

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