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Brain MRI with and without contrast at St. Mary Medical Center.

📍 Long Beach, CA 4/5 CMS rating CPT 70553
Cash-pay price
$2,789
St. Mary Medical Center is cheaper than median (-28%) for brain mri with and without contrast.
Chargemaster (gross): $6,486

Insurance rates.

Each row is the range of rates St. Mary Medical Center negotiated with that payer's plans. Your specific rate depends on your plan.

PayerRange
Aetna$2,230
Anthem BCBS$1,827 – $4,227
Kaiser Permanente$4,540
UnitedHealthcare$828
Cigna$1,922
Medicare$446 – $6,486
Medicaid$402 – $2,231

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Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025 · 520 completed surveys.

Measure This hospital Network avg Δ
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2.8/5 -0.8
Would definitely recommend 63% 69.6% -7pp
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 64% 68.6% -5pp
Nurses always communicated well 73% 75.6% -3pp
Doctors always communicated well 72% 76.6% -5pp
Given clear info about recovery 83% 84.4% -1pp
Room and bathroom always clean 73% 68.6% +4pp
Staff always explained meds 59% 57.6% +1pp
Quiet at night, always 47% 52.2% -5pp

About this price.

This price comes directly from St. Mary Medical Center's machine-readable file (MRF), which the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50) requires every US hospital to publish. We download it, parse the row for CPT 70553, and show you the dollar amount as published.

The cash-pay number is what an uninsured patient would be charged. Insurance-negotiated rates vary by payer and plan — see the table above for the range, or use the comparison tool for plan-specific numbers.

For a national view of brain mri with and without contrast prices, see the Brain MRI with and without contrast overview.