CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: St Marys Hospital Medical Ctr

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$380

about 1.1× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $337–$957

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$341

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $39 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $380 This hospital $341 Cash price $2,789 Hospital's list price $4,227

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other WI hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other WI hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $117 Priciest $345

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WI 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 $380 (about 1.1× the $356 Medicare rate). St Marys Hospital Medical Ctr charges insurers about $341, or about $2,789 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Green Bay, WI.

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	$341 - $1,513	96%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$180 - $1,430	51%
Aetnamajor	$341 - $4,330	96%
Cignamajor	$2,886 - $3,031	810%
Humanamajor	$341 - $3,680	96%
Health Net	$1,444	405%
Meridian	$180	51%
Molina	$136 - $2,165	38%
Security Health Plan	$138 - $2,764	39%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$180 - $4,330

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 6 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 2,789), 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 St Marys Hospital Medical Ctr 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 St Marys Hospital Medical Ctr

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

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