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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BRAIN IMAGING (PET)
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $185 is 82% below the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 27% of the 1,136 hospitals reporting CPT 78609. 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 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $97 | $65 | $46 | 71% | — | $0 – $97 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $97 | $65 | $46 | 71% | — | $0 – $97 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $140 | $140 | — | — | — | $140 – $140 |
| 4 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $2.8k | $2.0k | $1.3k | 66% | — | $136 – $2.9k |
| 5 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $2.8k | $2.0k | $1.3k | 66% | — | $136 – $2.9k |
| 6 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.1k | $1.4k | 65% | — | $172 – $3.1k |
| 7 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $3.3k | $2.3k | $1.5k | 66% | — | $160 – $3.4k |
| 8 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $3.5k | $2.5k | $1.6k | 65% | — | $198 – $3.7k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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