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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Mri brain stem w/o dye
Los Angeles, CA
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Keck Hospital of USC’s median price of $542 is 5% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 47% 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: 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 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $306.88 | $306.88 | $306.88 – $306.88 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare choice/choice+options ppo other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $541.58 | $541.58 | $541.58 – $541.58 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $541.58 | $541.58 | $541.58 – $541.58 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare navigate/select & core exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $541.58 | $541.58 | $541.58 – $541.58 |
| 5 | Kaiser all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $874.61 | $874.61 | $874.61 – $874.61 |
| 6 | Aetna gatekeeper/non-gatekeeper all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $976.53 | $976.53 | $976.53 – $976.53 |
| 7 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,577 | $1,577 | $1,577 – $1,577 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield leased network workers compensation plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,668 | $2,668 | $2,668 – $2,668 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,769 | $2,769 | $2,769 – $2,769 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield epn exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,296 | $3,296 | $3,296 – $3,296 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield calpers other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,499 | $4,499 | $4,499 – $4,499 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,694 | $4,694 | $4,694 – $4,694 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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