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MRI Brain W/O Contrast
Wilmington, DE
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Nemours Children's Hospital’s median price of $1.3k is 123% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 71% 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: 11 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 | Tricare tricare case rate · outpatient | $252.90 | $252.90 | $252.90 – $252.90 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid hmo/chip percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $709.32 | $709.32 | $709.32 – $709.32 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $716.72 | $716.72 | $716.72 – $716.72 |
| 4 | First Health medicaid hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $833.40 | $833.40 | $833.40 – $833.40 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $849.61 | $849.61 | $849.61 – $849.61 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $982.02 | $982.02 | $982.02 – $982.02 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,016 | $1,016 | $1,016 – $1,016 |
| 8 | Highmark commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,036 | $1,036 | $1,036 – $1,036 |
| 9 | Aetna Better Health chip percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,036 | $1,036 | $1,036 – $1,036 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,039 | $1,039 | $1,039 – $1,039 |
| 11 | Cigna all percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 12 | Highmark commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,279 | $1,279 | $1,279 – $1,279 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,296 | $1,296 | $1,296 – $1,296 |
| 14 | Aetna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
| 15 | Aetna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
| 16 | Ambetter commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
| 17 | Amerihealth Caritas commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
| 18 | Aetna hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,343 | $1,343 | $1,343 – $1,343 |
| 19 | Aetna indemnity percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,343 | $1,343 | $1,343 – $1,343 |
| 20 | Aetna ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,343 | $1,343 | $1,343 – $1,343 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,445 | $1,445 | $1,445 – $1,445 |
| 22 | Cigna all percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,458 | $1,458 | $1,458 – $1,458 |
| 23 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,505 | $1,505 | $810.25 – $2,199 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,528 | $1,528 | $1,528 – $1,528 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,960 | $1,960 | $1,960 – $1,960 |
Last updated: Mar 10, 2026
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