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 W&WO CONT
Dallas, TX
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Medical City Dallas’s median price of $1.1k is 25% above the median hospital's median price ($871), higher than 58% 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: 11 payers, 46 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 | UnitedHealthcare chip fee schedule · outpatient | $328.11 | $328.11 | $328.11 – $328.11 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare star fee schedule · outpatient | $328.11 | $328.11 | $328.11 – $328.11 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $328.11 | $328.11 | $328.11 – $328.11 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare starperinate fee schedule · outpatient | $328.11 | $328.11 | $328.11 – $328.11 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $328.11 | $328.11 | $328.11 – $328.11 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $344.52 | $344.52 | $344.52 – $344.52 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health chip fee schedule · outpatient | $354.36 | $354.36 | $354.36 – $354.36 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $354.36 | $354.36 | $354.36 – $354.36 |
| 9 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $364.20 | $364.20 | $360.92 – $367.48 |
| 10 | Molina mcdstar fee schedule · outpatient | $364.20 | $364.20 | $360.92 – $367.48 |
| 11 | Molina star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $364.20 | $364.20 | $360.92 – $367.48 |
| 12 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $364.20 | $364.20 | $360.92 – $367.48 |
| 13 | Humana mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $410.14 | $410.14 | $410.14 – $410.14 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluepremier fee schedule · outpatient | $462.04 | $462.04 | $462.04 – $462.04 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $481.13 | $481.13 | $481.13 – $481.13 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $481.13 | $481.13 | $481.13 – $481.13 |
| 17 | Superior Healthplan chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.29 | $612.29 | $612.29 – $612.29 |
| 18 | Superior Healthplan mcdstar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.29 | $612.29 | $612.29 – $612.29 |
| 19 | Superior Healthplan starhealth percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.29 | $612.29 | $612.29 – $612.29 |
| 20 | Superior Healthplan starkids percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.29 | $612.29 | $612.29 – $612.29 |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan starplus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $612.29 | $612.29 | $612.29 – $612.29 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $616.10 | $616.10 | $616.10 – $616.10 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup fee schedule · outpatient | $616.10 | $616.10 | $616.10 – $616.10 |
| 24 | Aetna qhphix other · outpatient | $761.00 | $761.00 | $761.00 – $761.00 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient | $828.27 | $828.27 | $828.27 – $828.27 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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