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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70553 - MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W-O W-CONTRAST MATERIAL
Arkadelphia, AR
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Baptist Health Medical Center - Arkadelphia’s median price of $736 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 43% 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, 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 | $406.55 | $406.55 | $401.42 – $411.68 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $471.19 | $471.19 | $471.19 – $471.19 |
| 3 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $539.76 | $539.76 | $539.76 – $539.76 |
| 4 | Humana all other · outpatient | $767.21 | $767.21 | $767.21 – $767.21 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all other · outpatient | $839.24 | $839.24 | $839.24 – $839.24 |
| 6 | WellCare all other · outpatient | $854.11 | $854.11 | $854.11 – $854.11 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all other · outpatient | $870.67 | $870.67 | $870.67 – $870.67 |
| 8 | Caresource all fee schedule · outpatient | $1,044 | $1,044 | $1,044 – $1,044 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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