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 BRAIN WO CONTRAST
Latrobe, PA
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Independence Health System Latrobe Area Hospital’s median price of $288 is 50% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 19% 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: 7 payers, 16 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 | Highmark medicare fee schedule · both | $246.28 | $246.28 | $226.85 – $265.71 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $251.08 | $251.08 | $251.08 – $251.08 |
| 3 | Humana medicare fee schedule · both | $253.52 | $253.52 | $253.52 – $253.52 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $253.52 | $253.52 | $253.52 – $253.52 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare fee schedule · both | $255.96 | $255.96 | $255.96 – $255.96 |
| 6 | Cigna medicare fee schedule · both | $255.96 | $255.96 | $255.96 – $255.96 |
| 7 | Highmark chip fee schedule · both | $293.16 | $293.16 | $293.16 – $293.16 |
| 8 | Ambetter commercial fee schedule · both | $304.71 | $304.71 | $304.71 – $304.71 |
| 9 | Highmark aca fee schedule · both | $329.85 | $329.85 | $329.85 – $329.85 |
| 10 | Highmark medical assistance fee schedule · both | $415.26 | $415.26 | $415.26 – $415.26 |
| 11 | Amerihealth Caritas medical assistance fee schedule · both | $438.89 | $438.89 | $438.89 – $438.89 |
| 12 | Aetna pebtf fee schedule · both | $504.60 | $504.60 | $504.60 – $504.60 |
| 13 | Highmark indemnity fee schedule · both | $537.93 | $537.93 | $537.93 – $537.93 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $538.33 | $538.33 | $538.33 – $538.33 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · both | $560.67 | $560.67 | $560.67 – $560.67 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both | $621.32 | $621.32 | $621.32 – $621.32 |
Last updated: Dec 17, 2025
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