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
Providence, RI
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Rhode Island Hospital’s median price of $422 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 38% 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, 8 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 | $188.66 | $188.66 | $188.66 – $188.66 |
| 2 | Cigna medicare managed care - ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $268.27 | $268.27 | $268.27 – $268.27 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $274.30 | $274.30 | $274.30 – $274.30 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue chip direct advance other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $295.60 | $295.60 | $295.60 – $295.60 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $422.29 | $422.29 | $422.29 – $422.29 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $422.29 | $422.29 | $422.29 – $422.29 |
| 7 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,128 | $1,128 | $1,128 – $1,128 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,536 | $1,536 | $1,536 – $1,536 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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