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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HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $286 is 50% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 19% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $181.55 | $181.55 | $181.55 – $181.55 |
| 2 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $222.26 | $222.26 | $222.26 – $222.26 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $222.26 | $222.26 | $222.26 – $222.26 |
| 4 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $222.26 | $222.26 | $222.26 – $222.26 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $242.09 | $242.09 | $242.09 – $242.09 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $277.43 | $277.43 | $277.43 – $277.43 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $277.43 | $277.43 | $277.43 – $277.43 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $285.75 | $285.75 | $285.75 – $285.75 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $285.75 | $285.75 | $285.75 – $285.75 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $848.40 | $848.40 | $848.40 – $848.40 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $936.36 | $862.06 | $222.26 – $1,039 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,008 | $1,008 | $1,008 – $1,008 |
| 13 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,131 | $1,131 | $1,131 – $1,131 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,667 | $1,667 | $1,667 – $1,667 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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