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
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, brain (including brain stem); without contrast material
WAKEFIELD, RI
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South County Health’s median price of $1.1k is 84% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 66% 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, 4 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $222.53 | $222.53 | $222.53 – $222.53 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $447.93 | $447.93 | $447.93 – $447.93 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,052 | $1,506 | $263.71 – $3,203 |
| 4 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,807 | $3,807 | $2,831 – $4,783 |
Last updated: Jul 24, 2026
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