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
HC MRI BRAIN WO FLD W CONT
Hendersonville, NC
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Henderson County Hospital Corporation’s median price of $354 is 59% below the median hospital's median price ($864), higher than 9% of the 2,606 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: 5 payers, 12 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $324.10 | $324.10 | $324.10 – $324.10 |
| 2 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334.12 | $334.12 | $334.12 – $334.12 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $334.12 | $334.12 | $334.12 – $334.12 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $350.83 | $350.83 | $350.83 – $350.83 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $350.83 | $350.83 | $350.83 – $350.83 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $354.17 | $354.17 | $354.17 – $354.17 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,184 | $2,184 | $2,184 – $2,184 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,579 | $2,579 | $2,579 – $2,579 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,936 | $2,936 | $2,936 – $2,936 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,996 | $2,996 | $2,996 – $2,996 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,685 | $3,685 | $3,685 – $3,685 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,685 | $3,685 | $3,685 – $3,685 |
Last updated: Jun 18, 2026
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