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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Mri brain stem w/o dye
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $254 is 56% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 13% 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, 13 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 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $239.32 | $239.32 | $239.32 – $239.32 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $241.72 | $241.72 | $241.72 – $241.72 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $244.11 | $244.11 | $244.11 – $244.11 |
| 4 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $246.50 | $246.50 | $246.50 – $246.50 |
| 5 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247.66 | $247.66 | $247.66 – $247.66 |
| 6 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.29 | $251.29 | $251.29 – $251.29 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $253.68 | $253.68 | $253.68 – $253.68 |
| 8 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $507.37 | $507.37 | $507.37 – $507.37 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $582.60 | $582.60 | $582.60 – $582.60 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $582.60 | $582.60 | $582.60 – $582.60 |
| 11 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $628.00 | $628.00 | $628.00 – $628.00 |
| 12 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $828.00 | $828.00 | $828.00 – $828.00 |
| 13 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $965.00 | $965.00 | $965.00 – $965.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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