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 W/O CONTRAST
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $326 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 25% 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: 10 payers, 14 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 all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 2 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 4 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.94 | $219.94 | $219.94 – $219.94 |
| 7 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $230.93 | $230.93 | $230.93 – $230.93 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $326.13 | $326.13 | $326.13 – $326.13 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $326.13 | $326.13 | $326.13 – $326.13 |
| 10 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $326.13 | $326.13 | $326.13 – $326.13 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $326.13 | $326.13 | $326.13 – $326.13 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $827.70 | $736.36 | $219.94 – $903.24 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,221 | $1,221 | $1,221 – $1,221 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,553 | $1,553 | $1,553 – $1,553 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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