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
BRAIN (INC BRAIN STEM), W/O CONTRAST
Columbus, OH
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Nationwide Children's Hospital’s median price of $877 is 53% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 61% 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, 27 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 products professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $79.01 | $79.01 | $79.01 – $79.01 |
| 2 | Caresource just4me/marketplace professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $99.51 | $99.51 | $99.51 – $99.51 |
| 3 | Humana all products professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $159.35 | $159.35 | $159.35 – $159.35 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all products professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $202.18 | $202.18 | $198.06 – $206.29 |
| 5 | Anthem all products professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $217.80 | $217.80 | $217.80 – $217.80 |
| 6 | Tricare all products professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $244.30 | $244.30 | $244.30 – $244.30 |
| 7 | Aetna coventry cares wv professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $261.75 | $261.75 | $261.75 – $261.75 |
| 8 | Cigna all products professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $261.75 | $261.75 | $261.75 – $261.75 |
| 9 | Caresource just4me/marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $365.66 | $365.66 | $365.66 – $365.66 |
| 10 | Anthem managed medicaid - non-cap facility · other · outpatient | $392.46 | $392.46 | $392.46 – $392.46 |
| 11 | Caresource managed medicaid - non-cap facility · other · outpatient | $392.46 | $392.46 | $392.46 – $392.46 |
| 12 | Humana managed medicaid - non-cap facility · other · outpatient | $392.46 | $392.46 | $392.46 – $392.46 |
| 13 | Molina managed medicaid - non-cap facility · other · outpatient | $392.46 | $392.46 | $392.46 – $392.46 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid - non-cap facility · other · outpatient | $392.46 | $392.46 | $392.46 – $392.46 |
| 15 | Anthem all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $685.53 | $685.53 | $493.70 – $877.36 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,969 | $1,969 | $1,651 – $2,286 |
| 17 | Aetna all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,286 | $2,286 | $2,286 – $2,286 |
| 18 | Anthem all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,311 | $2,311 | $2,311 – $2,311 |
| 19 | Humana all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,362 | $2,362 | $2,362 – $2,362 |
| 20 | Anthem all products facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,388 | $2,388 | $2,388 – $2,388 |
| 21 | Cigna all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,388 | $2,388 | $2,388 – $2,388 |
| 22 | Aetna all products facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
| 23 | Aetna coventry cares wv facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
| 24 | Humana all products facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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