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
Dover, DE
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Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus’s median price of $490 is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 25% 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 | $389.06 | $389.06 | $389.06 – $389.06 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $396.85 | $396.85 | $396.85 – $396.85 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $583.60 | $583.60 | $583.60 – $583.60 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1,620 | $1,620 | $1,620 – $1,620 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,820 | $1,820 | $1,820 – $1,820 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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