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MRI BRAIN STEM W/O & W/DYE
Mt Pleasant, SC
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East Cooper Medical Center LLC’s median price of $368 is 58% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 12% of the 2,597 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, 23 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 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $324.48 | $324.48 | $324.48 – $324.48 |
| 2 | Devoted hmo ma fee schedule · outpatient | $324.48 | $324.48 | $324.48 – $324.48 |
| 3 | Devoted ppo ma fee schedule · outpatient | $324.48 | $324.48 | $324.48 – $324.48 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $324.48 | $324.48 | $324.48 – $324.48 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $327.72 | $327.72 | $327.72 – $327.72 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $330.97 | $330.97 | $330.97 – $330.97 |
| 7 | Molina mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $330.97 | $330.97 | $330.97 – $330.97 |
| 8 | Cigna healthspring fee schedule · outpatient | $334.21 | $334.21 | $334.21 – $334.21 |
| 9 | Clover hmo ma fee schedule · outpatient | $337.46 | $337.46 | $337.46 – $337.46 |
| 10 | Clover ppo ma fee schedule · outpatient | $337.46 | $337.46 | $337.46 – $337.46 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $368.12 | $368.12 | $368.12 – $368.12 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare exchange plan fee schedule · outpatient | $368.12 | $368.12 | $368.12 – $368.12 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $368.12 | $368.12 | $368.12 – $368.12 |
| 14 | Cigna hmoopa other · outpatient | $442.00 | $442.00 | $442.00 – $442.00 |
| 15 | Cigna ppo other · outpatient | $442.00 | $442.00 | $442.00 – $442.00 |
| 16 | Molina marketplace fee schedule · outpatient | $470.50 | $470.50 | $470.50 – $470.50 |
| 17 | Bcbs Sc state health plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,132 | $1,132 | $1,132 – $1,132 |
| 18 | Humana medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,301 | $1,301 | $1,301 – $1,301 |
| 19 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,301 | $1,301 | $1,301 – $1,301 |
| 20 | Bcbs Sc blue choice blue option hix (bcbo) fee schedule · outpatient | $1,394 | $1,394 | $1,394 – $1,394 |
| 21 | Bcbs Sc blue cross blue essentials hix (bcbe) fee schedule · outpatient | $1,394 | $1,394 | $1,394 – $1,394 |
| 22 | Bcbs Sc blue choice health plan commercial (bchp) fee schedule · outpatient | $2,624 | $2,624 | $2,624 – $2,624 |
| 23 | Bcbs Sc preferred blue commercial (pb) fee schedule · outpatient | $2,624 | $2,624 | $2,624 – $2,624 |
Last updated: Mar 12, 2026
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