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
Houma, LA
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Southern Regional Medical Corporation’s median price of $407 is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 36% 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 | $89.44 | $89.44 | $87.02 – $91.85 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $181.55 | $181.55 | $181.55 – $181.55 |
| 3 | Aetna 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 | $256.91 | $256.91 | $256.91 – $256.91 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $256.91 | $256.91 | $256.91 – $256.91 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $264.61 | $264.61 | $264.61 – $264.61 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $264.61 | $264.61 | $264.61 – $264.61 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $387.50 | $387.50 | $221.94 – $553.05 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $723.00 | $723.00 | $723.00 – $723.00 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $771.20 | $771.20 | $771.20 – $771.20 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $871.31 | $799.00 | $221.94 – $912.43 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $900.00 | $900.00 | $900.00 – $900.00 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,132 | $1,132 | $1,132 – $1,132 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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