Pricedle #4: 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 Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital in Mount Vernon, New York charge in cash for
MRI of the lower back, no contrast dye CPT 72148
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Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital lists $2,908.10 as its cash price for mri of the lower back, no contrast dye (its lowest outpatient cash price for CPT 72148). The median in New York is $1,124 across 109 hospitals, and $1,900 nationally; Medicare's 2026 rate for the same service is $244.
Every cash price at Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital · Lower back MRI prices in New York · 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.