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
HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $916 is 60% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 62% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 all payor other · outpatient | $154.48 | $154.48 | $87.02 – $221.94 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $181.55 | $181.55 | $181.55 – $181.55 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $221.94 | $221.94 | $221.94 – $221.94 |
| 4 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $221.94 | $221.94 | $221.94 – $221.94 |
| 5 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $399.96 | $399.96 | $399.96 – $399.96 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $399.96 | $399.96 | $399.96 – $399.96 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $411.96 | $411.96 | $411.96 – $411.96 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $411.96 | $411.96 | $411.96 – $411.96 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $517.79 | $517.79 | $517.79 – $517.79 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $967.11 | $898.91 | $221.94 – $1,109 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,597 | $1,597 | $1,597 – $1,597 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,827 | $1,827 | $1,751 – $1,903 |
| 13 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,985 | $1,985 | $1,985 – $1,985 |
| 14 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $2,118 | $2,118 | $2,118 – $2,118 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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