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
Mri brain stem w/o dye
Cleveland, TN
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Bradley Medical Center’s median price of $340 is 41% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 27% 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, 11 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 managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $218.53 | $218.53 | $218.53 – $218.53 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $225.08 | $225.08 | $225.08 – $225.08 |
| 3 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $227.27 | $227.27 | $227.27 – $227.27 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $229.45 | $229.45 | $229.45 – $229.45 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield network s other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $309.20 | $309.20 | $309.20 – $309.20 |
| 6 | Ambetter exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $371.49 | $371.49 | $371.49 – $371.49 |
| 7 | Cigna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373.33 | $373.33 | $373.33 – $373.33 |
| 8 | Cigna local plus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $402.66 | $402.66 | $402.66 – $402.66 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluecare medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $454.93 | $454.93 | $454.93 – $454.93 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare select medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $459.63 | $459.63 | $459.63 – $459.63 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield network p other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $479.26 | $479.26 | $479.26 – $479.26 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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