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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MR head/brain wo/w con
Hayward, CA
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Hayward Sisters Hospital’s median price of $678 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 41% 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 | Cigna cigna/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $344.78 | $344.78 | $344.78 – $344.78 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $344.78 | $344.78 | $344.78 – $344.78 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $344.78 | $344.78 | $344.78 – $344.78 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $362.93 | $362.93 | $362.93 – $362.93 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $417.37 | $417.37 | $417.37 – $417.37 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $417.37 | $417.37 | $417.37 – $417.37 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $488.12 | $488.12 | $488.12 – $488.12 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna medicare ppo facility · other · outpatient | $496.06 | $496.06 | $496.06 – $496.06 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $496.06 | $496.06 | $496.06 – $496.06 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna health plan/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $678.06 | $678.06 | $678.06 – $678.06 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna health plan/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $820.81 | $820.81 | $820.81 – $820.81 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,240 | $1,240 | $1,240 – $1,240 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,240 | $1,240 | $1,240 – $1,240 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,240 | $1,240 | $1,240 – $1,240 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna health plan facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,600 | $1,600 | $1,600 – $1,600 |
| 16 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,769 | $1,769 | $1,769 – $1,769 |
| 17 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,769 | $1,769 | $1,769 – $1,769 |
| 18 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,769 | $1,769 | $1,769 – $1,769 |
| 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 | $2,893 | $2,893 | $2,893 – $2,893 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,970 | $2,970 | $2,970 – $2,970 |
| 22 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,970 | $2,970 | $2,970 – $2,970 |
| 23 | Kaiser kaiser/kaiser sr facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,086 | $3,086 | $3,086 – $3,086 |
Last updated: Feb 23, 2026
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