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
MR head/brain wo con
Hayward, CA
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Hayward Sisters Hospital’s median price of $429 is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 38% 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: 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 | Cigna cigna/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $204.81 | $204.81 | $204.81 – $204.81 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $204.81 | $204.81 | $204.81 – $204.81 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $204.81 | $204.81 | $204.81 – $204.81 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $215.59 | $215.59 | $215.59 – $215.59 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247.93 | $247.93 | $247.93 – $247.93 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247.93 | $247.93 | $247.93 – $247.93 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $333.83 | $333.83 | $333.83 – $333.83 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna medicare ppo facility · other · outpatient | $339.26 | $339.26 | $339.26 – $339.26 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $339.26 | $339.26 | $339.26 – $339.26 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna health plan/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $429.47 | $429.47 | $429.47 – $429.47 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna health plan/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $519.88 | $519.88 | $519.88 – $519.88 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $848.15 | $848.15 | $848.15 – $848.15 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $848.15 | $848.15 | $848.15 – $848.15 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $848.15 | $848.15 | $848.15 – $848.15 |
| 15 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $898.50 | $898.50 | $898.50 – $898.50 |
| 16 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $898.50 | $898.50 | $898.50 – $898.50 |
| 17 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $898.50 | $898.50 | $898.50 – $898.50 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna health plan facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,600 | $1,600 | $1,600 – $1,600 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo facility · other · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna facility · other · outpatient | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,310 | $2,310 | $2,310 – $2,310 |
| 22 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,310 | $2,310 | $2,310 – $2,310 |
| 23 | Kaiser kaiser/kaiser sr facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,400 | $2,400 | $2,400 – $2,400 |
Last updated: Feb 23, 2026
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