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HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $772 is 35% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 58% 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: 13 payers, 34 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 tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $218.16 | $218.16 | $218.16 – $218.16 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $239.98 | $239.98 | $239.98 – $239.98 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $242.40 | $242.40 | $242.40 – $242.40 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $242.40 | $242.40 | $242.40 – $242.40 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $244.82 | $244.82 | $244.82 – $244.82 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $246.04 | $246.04 | $246.04 – $246.04 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247.25 | $247.25 | $247.25 – $247.25 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $247.25 | $247.25 | $247.25 – $247.25 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $249.67 | $249.67 | $249.67 – $249.67 |
| 10 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $254.52 | $254.52 | $254.52 – $254.52 |
| 11 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $269.00 | $269.00 | $269.00 – $269.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $295.90 | $295.90 | $295.90 – $295.90 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $324.44 | $324.44 | $324.44 – $324.44 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $363.58 | $363.58 | $363.58 – $363.58 |
| 15 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $472.68 | $472.68 | $472.68 – $472.68 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $663.34 | $663.34 | $663.34 – $663.34 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $705.00 | $705.00 | $705.00 – $705.00 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $1,072 | $1,072 | $882.53 – $1,261 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $1,288 | $1,288 | $1,061 – $1,515 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $1,479 | $1,479 | $1,218 – $1,739 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1,496 | $1,496 | $1,232 – $1,760 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,668 | $1,668 | $1,374 – $1,962 |
| 23 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1,840 | $1,840 | $1,515 – $2,164 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,879 | $1,879 | $1,547 – $2,210 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,879 | $1,879 | $1,547 – $2,210 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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