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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC MR BRAIN W WO CONTRAST
Corning, IA
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Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa’s median price of $5.1k is 484% above the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 97% of the 2,597 hospitals reporting CPT 70553. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 21 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,279 | $2,279 | $2,279 – $2,279 |
| 2 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,279 | $2,279 | $2,279 – $2,279 |
| 3 | Medica medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,279 | $2,279 | $2,279 – $2,279 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|community plan fee schedule · outpatient | $2,279 | $2,279 | $2,279 – $2,279 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,279 | $2,279 | $2,279 – $2,279 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial|hmo fee schedule · inpatient | $3,181 | $3,181 | $3,181 – $3,181 |
| 7 | Wellmark commercial|ppo fee schedule · inpatient | $3,181 | $3,181 | $3,181 – $3,181 |
| 8 | Medica commercial|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient | $4,824 | $4,824 | $4,824 – $4,824 |
| 9 | Medica commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4,824 | $4,824 | $4,824 – $4,824 |
| 10 | Medica commercial|chi health fee schedule · inpatient | $4,824 | $4,824 | $4,824 – $4,824 |
| 11 | Medica commercial|chi health fee schedule · outpatient | $4,824 | $4,824 | $4,824 – $4,824 |
| 12 | Medica commercial|aco fee schedule · inpatient | $5,089 | $5,089 | $5,089 – $5,089 |
| 13 | Medica commercial|aco fee schedule · outpatient | $5,089 | $5,089 | $5,089 – $5,089 |
| 14 | Medica commercial|open access fee schedule · inpatient | $5,089 | $5,089 | $5,089 – $5,089 |
| 15 | Medica commercial|open access fee schedule · outpatient | $5,089 | $5,089 | $5,089 – $5,089 |
| 16 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
| 17 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
| 18 | Phcs commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
| 19 | Phcs commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $5,195 | $5,195 | $5,195 – $5,195 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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