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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HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Laurinburg, NC
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Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc.’s median price of $581 is 1% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 51% 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 advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $217.88 | $217.88 | $217.88 – $217.88 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $223.35 | $223.35 | $223.35 – $223.35 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · both | $226.95 | $226.95 | $226.95 – $226.95 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $581.02 | $581.02 | $581.02 – $581.02 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $581.02 | $581.02 | $581.02 – $581.02 |
| 6 | WellCare medicaid managed care facility · fee schedule · both | $581.02 | $581.02 | $581.02 – $581.02 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $234.92 | $1,012 | $234.92 – $2,567 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,874 | $3,128 | $2,874 – $3,889 |
Last updated: Nov 3, 2025
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