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
Columbia, SC
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MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast’s median price of $573 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 50% 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: 4 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $230.64 | $230.64 | $230.64 – $230.64 |
| 2 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $235.25 | $235.25 | $235.25 – $235.25 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $237.55 | $237.55 | $237.55 – $237.55 |
| 4 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $253.70 | $253.70 | $253.70 – $253.70 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $429.83 | $429.83 | $429.83 – $429.83 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $573.10 | $573.10 | $573.10 – $573.10 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $600.42 | $600.42 | $600.42 – $600.42 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $600.42 | $600.42 | $600.42 – $600.42 |
| 9 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $623.03 | $623.03 | $623.03 – $623.03 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lowcountry blue exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $767.48 | $767.48 | $767.48 – $767.48 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,031 | $1,031 | $1,031 – $1,031 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,132 | $1,132 | $1,132 – $1,132 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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