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CHG MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL
CANONSBURG, PA
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Canonsburg General Hospital’s median price of $217 is 62% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 4% 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: 7 payers, 52 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 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid fee schedule · inpatient | $99.48 | $99.48 | $99.48 – $99.48 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · inpatient | $154.85 | $165.82 | $81.14 – $235.99 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · outpatient | $152.24 | $169.60 | $81.14 – $235.99 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark blue high performance fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark community blue fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 6 | Highmark highmark connect blue fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 11 | Highmark highmark performance blue fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 12 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $163.80 | $175.41 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $196.52 | $85.82 – $249.63 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $204.32 | $85.82 – $282.88 |
| 16 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $204.32 | $85.82 – $282.88 |
| 17 | Cigna cigna commercial fee schedule · inpatient | $202.03 | $209.20 | $111.77 – $313.81 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark community blue medicare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $213.94 | $213.94 | $213.94 – $213.94 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark complete blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $213.94 | $213.94 | $213.94 – $213.94 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $216.03 | $85.82 – $341.39 |
| 21 | Highmark highmark freedom blue fee schedule · outpatient | $216.26 | $216.26 | $216.26 – $216.26 |
| 22 | Highmark highmark blue high performance fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $233.18 | $85.82 – $427.18 |
| 23 | Highmark highmark performance blue fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $233.18 | $85.82 – $427.18 |
| 24 | Highmark highmark connect blue fee schedule · outpatient | $225.07 | $235.54 | $85.82 – $438.94 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $241.84 | $241.84 | $241.84 – $241.84 |
Last updated: Apr 14, 2026
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