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
MR BRAIN WO AND W CON
Bakersfield, CA
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s median price of $627 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 38% 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: 10 payers, 28 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 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $446.18 | $446.18 | $446.18 – $446.18 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $446.18 | $446.18 | $446.18 – $446.18 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $446.18 | $446.18 | $446.18 – $446.18 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 5 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 8 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $453.77 | $453.77 | $453.77 – $453.77 |
| 10 | Anthem medicare|burn fee schedule · outpatient | $499.15 | $499.15 | $499.15 – $499.15 |
| 11 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $617.13 | $617.13 | $617.13 – $617.13 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $828.27 | $828.27 | $828.27 – $828.27 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $828.27 | $828.27 | $828.27 – $828.27 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $828.27 | $828.27 | $828.27 – $828.27 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $828.27 | $828.27 | $828.27 – $828.27 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,356 | $1,356 | $1,356 – $1,356 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,356 | $1,356 | $1,356 – $1,356 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,465 | $1,465 | $1,465 – $1,465 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,575 | $1,575 | $1,575 – $1,575 |
| 20 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,804 | $1,804 | $1,804 – $1,804 |
| 21 | Anthem commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $2,470 | $2,470 | $2,470 – $2,470 |
| 22 | Anthem commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,872 | $2,872 | $2,872 – $2,872 |
| 23 | Anthem commercial|mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $3,877 | $3,877 | $3,877 – $3,877 |
| 24 | Anthem commercial|premertiered fee schedule · outpatient | $6,527 | $6,527 | $6,527 – $6,527 |
| 25 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $6,922 | $6,922 | $6,922 – $6,922 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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