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
R70551P- MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST-424
Schenectady, NY
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Ellis Hospital’s median price of $299 is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 21% 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: 5 payers, 7 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 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.92 | $272.92 | $248.00 – $297.84 |
| 2 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $297.84 | $297.84 | $297.84 – $297.84 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield senior facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $311.20 | $311.20 | $311.20 – $311.20 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,430 | $1,430 | $198.40 – $2,662 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,430 | $1,430 | $198.40 – $2,662 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,484 | $1,484 | $205.84 – $2,761 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,519 | $1,519 | $210.80 – $2,828 |
Last updated: Jun 25, 2026
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