Pricedle #2: guess the hospital cash price
One real price a day from a US hospital's own price file. Guess what the hospital charges a patient paying cash, without insurance, in six tries: each guess says higher or lower, and two hints unlock on the way. A new game every day at midnight Eastern.
What does West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, Louisiana charge in cash for
MRI of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye CPT 73221
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West Jefferson Medical Center lists $1,080.48 as its cash price for mri of the shoulder, elbow or wrist joint, no contrast dye (its lowest outpatient cash price for CPT 73221). The median in Louisiana is $752 across 54 hospitals, and $1,845 nationally; Medicare's 2026 rate for the same service is $244.
Every cash price at West Jefferson Medical Center · Shoulder MRI prices in Louisiana · across the US
How to play
- Type a price in dollars. Within 10% of the hospital's price wins.
- 🟨 within 25%, 🟧 within 50%, 🟥 further off; the arrow says whether to go higher or lower.
- After the second guess you see the national median, after the fourth the median in the state.
- Share your result: it shows your squares, not the price, so friends can still play.
The price is the hospital's discounted cash (self-pay) price, taken from the machine-readable file it must publish under 45 CFR 180.50. It is not a quote: the guide to paying cash says what to ask before treatment.