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
HC MRI BRAIN WO FLD W CONT
Morganton, NC
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Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc’s median price of $2.3k is 164% above the median hospital's median price ($865), higher than 80% of the 2,618 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: 8 payers, 24 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 medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $324 | $324 | — | — | — | $324 – $324 |
| 2 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334 | $334 | — | — | — | $334 – $334 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334 | $334 | — | — | — | $334 – $334 |
| 4 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $337 | $337 | — | — | — | $337 – $337 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $351 | $351 | — | — | — | $351 – $351 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $351 | $351 | — | — | — | $351 – $351 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $354 | $354 | — | — | — | $354 – $354 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $796 | $796 | — | — | — | $796 – $796 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $796 | $796 | — | — | — | $796 – $796 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.8k | $3.8k | — | — | — | $3.8k – $3.8k |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 17 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 18 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | — | $4.5k – $4.5k |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 21 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 22 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 23 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 24 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
Last updated: Jun 4, 2026
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