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
Middletown, NY
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Garnet Health Medical Center’s median price of $555 is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 49% 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: 4 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 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $297.84 | $297.84 | $297.84 – $297.84 |
| 2 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $304.69 | $304.69 | $304.69 – $304.69 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373.63 | $373.63 | $373.63 – $373.63 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare oxford other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373.63 | $373.63 | $373.63 – $373.63 |
| 5 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $941.44 | $941.44 | $941.44 – $941.44 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,007 | $2,007 | $2,007 – $2,007 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,934 | $2,934 | $2,934 – $2,934 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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