CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Preston Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$542

about 2.2× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $185–$1,071

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $542 Cash price $1,807 Hospital's list price $3,614

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$2,168 - $3,253	889%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,630 - $3,202	1079%
Aetnamajor	$2,168 - $3,253	889%
Cignamajor	$3,325	1364%
Humanamajor	$2,168	889%
GEHA	$3,433	1408%
UniCare	$103	42%
UPMC Health Plan	$2,277	934%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$2,168 - $3,506

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 1,807), 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 Preston Memorial Hospital 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Preston Memorial Hospital

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