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
Lancaster, SC
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center’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: 3 payers, 10 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 | $231.86 | $231.86 | $231.86 – $231.86 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $236.50 | $236.50 | $236.50 – $236.50 |
| 3 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $255.05 | $255.05 | $255.05 – $255.05 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $429.83 | $429.83 | $429.83 – $429.83 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $573.10 | $573.10 | $573.10 – $573.10 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice/blueoptions exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,276 | $1,276 | $1,276 – $1,276 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,276 | $1,276 | $1,276 – $1,276 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lowcountry blue exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,436 | $1,436 | $1,436 – $1,436 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred blue ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,646 – $1,646 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,809 | $1,809 | $1,809 – $1,809 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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