Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at Parkview Ortho Hospital
11130 Parkview Circle Dr, Fort Wayne, IN · Parkview · · NPI 1568664613
$1,070.50
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,141.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$369.11 with Aetna vs $864.55 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $369.11 | ↓ -66% |
| UnitedHealthCare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $372.80 | ↓ -65% |
| Caresource | Exchange | $387.57 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | Anthem Exchange | $553.67 | ↓ -48% |
| Signature Care | Employee | $757.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Physicians Health Plan | HMO | $799.03 | ↓ -25% |
| UnitedHealthCare | All Commercial Plans | $809.52 | ↓ -24% |
| Signature Care | Exclusive Elite Other Commercial Plan | $823.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Signature Care | EPO | $823.00 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS | Anthem All Commercial Plans | $864.55 | ↓ -19% |
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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Indiana hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia | Fort Wayne | $1,070.50 | $369.11 – $799.03 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) | IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh | $2,176.20 | $80.61 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) | Kokomo | $582.60 | $79.46 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (St. Vincent Carmel Hospital, Inc.) | Carmel | $582.60 | $80.61 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Carmel Ambulatory Surgery Center | Carmel | $582.60 | $79.46 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Naab Surgery Center | Indianapolis | $582.60 | $79.46 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Salem (St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc.) | Salem | $2,485.20 | $80.61 – $822.29 |
| Ascension St. Vincent Randolph (St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Inc.) | Winchester | $4,089.60 | $79.46 – $822.29 |