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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70551 - MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W-O CONTRAST MATERIAL
Arkadelphia, AR
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Baptist Health Medical Center - Arkadelphia’s median price of $688 is 20% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 55% 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: 6 payers, 8 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 all fee schedule · outpatient | $248.12 | $248.12 | $244.98 – $251.25 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $294.57 | $294.57 | $294.57 – $294.57 |
| 3 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $369.15 | $369.15 | $369.15 – $369.15 |
| 4 | Humana all other · outpatient | $647.33 | $647.33 | $647.33 – $647.33 |
| 5 | Caresource all fee schedule · outpatient | $727.82 | $727.82 | $727.82 – $727.82 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all other · outpatient | $736.93 | $736.93 | $736.93 – $736.93 |
| 7 | WellCare all other · outpatient | $757.04 | $757.04 | $757.04 – $757.04 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all other · outpatient | $764.53 | $764.53 | $764.53 – $764.53 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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