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
Milford, DE
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Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus’s median price of $475 is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 24% 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: 4 payers, 6 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 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $350.80 | $350.80 | $350.80 – $350.80 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $377.00 | $377.00 | $377.00 – $377.00 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $384.54 | $384.54 | $384.54 – $384.54 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $565.50 | $565.50 | $565.50 – $565.50 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1,570 | $1,570 | $1,570 – $1,570 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,763 | $1,763 | $1,763 – $1,763 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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