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.
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Mri brain stem w/o dye
Grand Forks, ND
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Altru Hospital’s median price of $146 is 74% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 2% of the 2,597 hospitals reporting CPT 70551. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 6 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $81.04 | $81.04 | $81.04 – $81.04 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan - hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $81.04 | $81.04 | $81.04 – $81.04 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $90.52 | $90.52 | $90.52 – $90.52 |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $146.35 | $146.35 | $146.35 – $146.35 |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $238.35 | $238.35 | $238.35 – $238.35 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $438.00 | $438.00 | $438.00 – $438.00 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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