MRI safety check and programming of implanted device

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

Model: claude-haiku-5-5
Provider: anthropic
API: message_batches
Reasoning effort: low
Max output tokens: 4096
Prompt version (hash): 444523875572
Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Preparation under supervision of physician or other qualified health care professional of electronics for MR safety, including MR-specific programming of pulse generator and/or transmitter to verify device integrity, protection of device internal circuitry from MR electromagnetic fields, and protection of patient from risks of unintended stimulation or heating while in the MR room, with written report

Payers reporting CPT 76018

Payer pricing summary

Low

$57

Average

$238

Median

$172

High

$1.9k

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1	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	240	$93	$113	$84	74%	1–10	$1 – $1.1k
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	556	$156	$208	$286	137%	—	$1 – $3.4k
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	365	$114	$273	$633	232%	—	$1 – $8.4k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	270	$192	$227	$161	71%	—	$1 – $1.2k
5	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	187	$120	$199	$198	100%	—	$43 – $1.9k
6	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	140	$94	$104	$34	33%	—	$40 – $215
7	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	121	$261	$364	$294	81%	—	$2 – $2.2k
8	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	112	$112	$120	$47	39%	—	$1 – $363
9	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	74	$175	$263	$741	282%	—	$85 – $7.1k
10	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	71	$96	$94	$7	7%	—	$80 – $106
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	64	$159	$280	$298	106%	—	$41 – $1.3k
12	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	55	$198	$211	$119	56%	—	$86 – $940
13	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	43	$92	$123	$75	61%	—	$42 – $408
14	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	42	$103	$117	$70	60%	—	$21 – $416
15	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	41	$142	$141	$26	19%	—	$84 – $179
16	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	38	$145	$252	$116	46%	—	$1 – $358
17	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	37	$93	$206	$682	332%	—	$69 – $4.6k
18	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	32	$140	$154	$73	47%	—	$64 – $372
19	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	31	$325	$326	$135	42%	—	$86 – $669
20	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	27	$740	$754	$871	116%	—	$91 – $2.1k
21	Superior Healthplan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	25	$100	$96	$9	9%	—	$77 – $120
22	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	24	$95	$173	$181	105%	—	$48 – $578
23	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	24	$101	$99	$6	6%	—	$91 – $108
24	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	24	$80	$81	$11	13%	—	$69 – $106
25	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	18	$96	$97	$26	27%	—	$80 – $200

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