CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, brain (with and without contrast)

Facility: Upland Hills Health

Billing Code: 70553 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$568

about 1.6× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $302–$1,961

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$423

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $145 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $568 This hospital $423 Cash price $1,939 Hospital's list price $3,590

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How this hospital compares to other WI hospitals

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

Cheapest $117 Priciest $423

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 $568 (about 1.6× the $356 Medicare rate). Upland Hills Health charges insurers about $423, or about $1,939 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Dodgeville, WI.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$215 - $1,848	60%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,700 - $4,978	477%
Cignamajor	$4,528 - $5,063	1270%
Humanamajor	$1,700 - $5,463	477%
Dean Health Plan	$192 - $4,222	54%
Quartz	$2,870	805%
Security Health Plan	$1,700	477%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$263 - $4,128

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,939), 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 Upland Hills Health 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 Upland Hills Health

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