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
Media, PA
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Riddle Memorial Hospital’s median price of $290 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 20% 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: 7 payers, 15 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 ibc advantage medicare managed care - hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $245.13 | $245.13 | $245.13 – $245.13 |
| 2 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $250.03 | $250.03 | $250.03 – $250.03 |
| 3 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $262.29 | $262.29 | $262.29 – $262.29 |
| 4 | Aetna advantra medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $267.19 | $267.19 | $267.19 – $267.19 |
| 5 | Highmark medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.09 | $272.09 | $272.09 – $272.09 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare advantage group medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $273.57 | $273.57 | $273.57 – $273.57 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dvaco other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $306.41 | $306.41 | $306.41 – $306.41 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $517.79 | $517.79 | $517.79 – $517.79 |
| 9 | Aetna custom - pebtf/rehp hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $714.61 | $714.61 | $714.61 – $714.61 |
| 10 | Aetna hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $953.81 | $953.81 | $953.81 – $953.81 |
| 11 | Aetna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $953.81 | $953.81 | $953.81 – $953.81 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ibc hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,173 | $1,173 | $1,173 – $1,173 |
| 13 | Cigna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,368 | $1,368 | $1,368 – $1,368 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ibc administrators ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,681 | $1,681 | $1,681 – $1,681 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ibc ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,681 | $1,681 | $1,681 – $1,681 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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