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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HC MRI BRAIN W/WO CONTRAST
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $1.1k is 30% above the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 60% 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: 12 payers, 15 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $220.04 | $220.04 | $128.57 – $311.51 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $284.93 | $284.93 | $284.93 – $284.93 |
| 3 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $327.90 | $327.90 | $327.90 – $327.90 |
| 4 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $327.90 | $327.90 | $327.90 – $327.90 |
| 5 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $327.90 | $327.90 | $327.90 – $327.90 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $578.09 | $578.09 | $327.90 – $828.27 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $912.00 | $912.00 | $912.00 – $912.00 |
| 8 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,006 | $1,006 | $1,006 – $1,006 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,135 | $1,039 | $327.90 – $1,272 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $3,113 | $3,113 | $3,113 – $3,113 |
| 11 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $3,113 | $3,113 | $3,113 – $3,113 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $3,113 | $3,113 | $3,113 – $3,113 |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $3,207 | $3,207 | $3,207 – $3,207 |
| 14 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,485 | $5,485 | $5,485 – $5,485 |
| 15 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,828 | $5,828 | $5,828 – $5,828 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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