CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$241

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $186–$400

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$242

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $241 This hospital $242 Cash price $4,739 Hospital's list price $4,739

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How this hospital compares to other WV hospitals

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

Cheapest $49 Priciest $242

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WV 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, knee or other leg joint is about $241 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc charges insurers about $242, or about $4,739 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ronceverte, WV.

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✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$242 - $4,060	99%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$104 - $4,695	43%
Aetnamajor	$109 - $4,974	45%
Humanamajor	$242 - $4,568	99%
CareSource	$109 - $4,060	45%
UniCare	$104 - $109	43%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$104 - $4,568

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 4,739), 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: 73721.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73721.
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 Camc Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Inc

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