MRI of brain 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&W/O CONTRAST

Payers reporting CPT 70559

Payer pricing summary

Low

$90

Average

$1.0k

Median

$659

High

$6.4k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	563	$353	$419	$415	99%	—	$1 – $5.2k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms	463	$219	$981	$3.2k	323%	—	$1 – $29.1k
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	351	$488	$1.0k	$1.8k	171%	—	$1 – $14.9k
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	312	$189	$772	$1.1k	139%	—	$1 – $4.5k
5	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	239	$551	$1.3k	$1.4k	111%	—	$84 – $6.5k
6	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	135	$178	$203	$82	40%	—	$111 – $515
7	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	132	$253	$303	$249	82%	—	$1 – $1.9k
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	129	$500	$505	$322	64%	—	$4 – $2.8k
9	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	81	$323	$413	$705	171%	—	$165 – $7.1k
10	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	68	$180	$180	$10	6%	—	$163 – $197
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	62	$274	$555	$727	131%	—	$158 – $3.1k
12	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	54	$182	$425	$431	101%	—	$1 – $1.1k
13	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	42	$351	$337	$72	21%	—	$207 – $501
14	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	35	$176	$255	$160	63%	—	$159 – $868
15	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	32	$694	$709	$302	43%	—	$167 – $1.5k
16	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	26	$195	$188	$14	7%	—	$158 – $210
17	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	22	$295	$1.2k	$891	77%	—	$167 – $2.4k
18	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	22	$192	$1.2k	$1.2k	99%	—	$159 – $2.6k
19	Regence facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	21	$185	$280	$183	65%	—	$165 – $715
20	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	19	$176	$176	$0	0%	—	$176 – $176
21	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	18	$167	$189	$73	39%	—	$105 – $275
22	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	17	$183	$369	$556	151%	—	$167 – $2.5k
23	Healthcare Highways other · outpatient · +2 other terms	17	$1.2k	$1.2k	$22	2%	—	$1.1k – $1.2k
24	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	17	$1.1k	$1.1k	$640	57%	—	$80 – $1.9k
25	Medical Mutual facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	17	$167	$481	$1.2k	257%	—	$90 – $6.0k

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