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 & w/dye
Laurium, MI
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Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital’s median price of $138 is 84% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 1% 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: 6 payers, 11 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 | Bcbs Mi blue cross blue shield of michigan indemnity plans fee schedule · both | $68.37 | $68.37 | $68.37 – $68.37 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage esa fee schedule · both | $101.11 | $101.11 | $101.11 – $101.11 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mi blue care network medicare advantage plus blue ppo fee schedule · both | $103.17 | $103.17 | $103.17 – $103.17 |
| 4 | Tricare tricare plans fee schedule · both | $103.17 | $103.17 | $103.17 – $103.17 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare va community care network fee schedule · both | $103.17 | $103.17 | $103.17 – $103.17 |
| 6 | Bcbs Mi blue cross blue shield of michigan ppo network fee schedule · both | $172.56 | $172.56 | $172.56 – $172.56 |
| 7 | Bcbs Mi blue cross blue shield of michigan federal employee program fee schedule · both | $198.02 | $198.02 | $198.02 – $198.02 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mi blue care network fee schedule · both | $213.49 | $213.49 | $213.49 – $213.49 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna ppo and open access plus benefit plans fee schedule · both | $425.51 | $425.51 | $425.51 – $425.51 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial & aetna funding advantage plans fee schedule · both | $1,138 | $1,138 | $1,138 – $1,138 |
| 11 | First Health first health national rental ppo network fee schedule · both | $1,422 | $1,422 | $1,422 – $1,422 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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