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HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Wadesboro, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $1.1k is 93% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 68% 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: 13 payers, 54 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 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $116.65 | $121.27 | $65.25 – $181.90 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $118.98 | $123.69 | $66.56 – $185.54 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $120.73 | $125.51 | $67.53 – $188.27 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $121.07 | $125.86 | $67.72 – $188.78 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $234.50 | $234.50 | $234.50 – $234.50 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $237.95 | $237.95 | $237.95 – $237.95 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $241.39 | $241.39 | $241.39 – $241.39 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $250.39 | $250.39 | $61.21 – $439.57 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $252.90 | $252.90 | $61.82 – $443.97 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $252.90 | $252.90 | $61.82 – $443.97 |
| 12 | Aetna broad network fee schedule · both | $280.09 | $280.09 | $280.09 – $280.09 |
| 13 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $528.17 | $528.17 | $528.17 – $528.17 |
| 14 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $538.06 | $538.06 | $538.06 – $538.06 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $780.25 | $780.25 | $780.25 – $780.25 |
| 16 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus case rate · outpatient | $906.00 | $906.00 | $906.00 – $906.00 |
| 17 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $935.60 | $935.60 | $935.60 – $935.60 |
| 18 | Aetna broad network case rate · outpatient | $1,020 | $1,020 | $1,020 – $1,020 |
| 19 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,070 | $1,070 | $1,070 – $1,070 |
| 20 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 21 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,128 | $1,128 | $1,128 – $1,128 |
| 22 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $1,296 | $1,296 | $1,296 – $1,296 |
| 23 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,313 | $1,313 | $1,313 – $1,313 |
| 24 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,313 | $1,313 | $1,313 – $1,313 |
| 25 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,415 | $1,415 | $1,415 – $1,415 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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