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 MR BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $1.0k is 77% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 65% 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: 10 payers, 47 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 medicaid|chip fee schedule · outpatient | $206.19 | $206.19 | $206.19 – $206.19 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $206.19 | $206.19 | $206.19 – $206.19 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $208.23 | $208.23 | $208.23 – $208.23 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $212.26 | $212.26 | $212.26 – $212.26 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 8 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $242.11 | $242.11 | $242.11 – $242.11 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $244.53 | $244.53 | $244.53 – $244.53 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $246.95 | $246.95 | $246.95 – $246.95 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $246.95 | $246.95 | $246.95 – $246.95 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $279.65 | $279.65 | $279.65 – $279.65 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $279.69 | $279.69 | $279.69 – $279.69 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $312.27 | $312.27 | $312.27 – $312.27 |
| 16 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $363.17 | $363.17 | $363.17 – $363.17 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $372.85 | $372.85 | $372.85 – $372.85 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier fee schedule · outpatient | $624.55 | $624.55 | $624.55 – $624.55 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $636.95 | $636.95 | $636.95 – $636.95 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $800.54 | $800.54 | $800.54 – $800.54 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $960.12 | $960.12 | $960.12 – $960.12 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $1,015 | $1,015 | $1,015 – $1,015 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo trad fee schedule · outpatient | $1,016 | $1,016 | $1,016 – $1,016 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $1,023 | $1,023 | $1,023 – $1,023 |
| 25 | Humana commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,050 | $1,050 | $1,050 – $1,050 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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