Brain MRI during open brain surgery, without contrast

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC MRI BRAIN OPEN INTRACRANIAL PROC W/O CONTRAST

Payers reporting CPT 70557

Payer pricing summary

Low

$255

Average

$1.0k

Median

$820

High

$2.9k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	564	$754	$803	$575	72%	—	$1 – $16.1k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	461	$603	$1.3k	$1.7k	129%	—	$1 – $15.8k
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	351	$1.1k	$1.4k	$1.5k	105%	—	$1 – $14.9k
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	313	$565	$908	$846	93%	—	$1 – $4.4k
5	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	239	$869	$1.5k	$1.2k	84%	—	$223 – $6.3k
6	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	135	$549	$597	$220	37%	—	$158 – $1.3k
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	132	$605	$678	$329	49%	—	$1 – $2.2k
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	128	$609	$534	$506	95%	—	$12 – $5.3k
9	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	80	$991	$1.1k	$689	62%	—	$222 – $7.1k
10	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	68	$557	$559	$32	6%	—	$508 – $611
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	62	$852	$1.2k	$807	67%	—	$491 – $4.0k
12	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	54	$544	$533	$224	42%	—	$1 – $934
13	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	42	$1.1k	$1.0k	$275	27%	—	$252 – $1.6k
14	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	35	$547	$733	$384	52%	—	$448 – $2.0k
15	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	32	$1.7k	$1.8k	$719	41%	—	$515 – $3.6k
16	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	27	$1.1k	$1.1k	$611	54%	—	$521 – $2.1k
17	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	26	$599	$582	$41	7%	—	$493 – $646
18	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	23	$885	$1.4k	$573	41%	—	$515 – $2.3k
19	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	22	$496	$411	$130	32%	—	$264 – $648
20	Regence facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	21	$575	$836	$497	59%	—	$508 – $2.0k
21	Superior Healthplan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	21	$576	$566	$13	2%	—	$549 – $577
22	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	19	$547	$545	$12	2%	—	$490 – $547
23	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	18	$514	$551	$98	18%	—	$445 – $669
24	Healthcare Highways other · outpatient · +2 other terms	17	$1.2k	$1.2k	$22	2%	—	$1.1k – $1.2k
25	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	17	$1.2k	$1.2k	$517	43%	—	$176 – $1.8k

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