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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TC MR, BRAIN W/O CONTRAST (ULTRA FAST USE)
Houston, TX
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Texas Children's Hospital’s median price of $2.6k is 357% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 90% 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, 23 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 united healthcare chip facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,121 | $1,121 | $1,121 – $1,121 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare star kids mcd/united healthcare star mcd/united healthcare star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,121 | $1,121 | $1,121 – $1,121 |
| 3 | Molina molina chip/molina star mcd/molina star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,246 | $1,246 | $1,246 – $1,246 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs star kids mcd/bcbs tx star mcd/bcbs tx star plus mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,454 | $1,454 | $1,454 – $1,454 |
| 5 | First Health community first chip/community first health perinate chip/community first star mcd/community first start kids mcd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,661 | $1,661 | $1,661 – $1,661 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna tch employee plan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,367 | $2,367 | $2,367 – $2,367 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna tch employee plan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,367 | $2,367 | $2,367 – $2,367 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna local plus/cigna sure fit hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,409 | $2,409 | $2,409 – $2,409 |
| 9 | Cigna cigna local plus/cigna sure fit hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,409 | $2,409 | $2,409 – $2,409 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna harris county ppo/hmo/cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,575 | $2,575 | $2,575 – $2,575 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo blue essentials tx facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,616 | $2,616 | $2,616 – $2,616 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,616 | $2,616 | $2,616 – $2,616 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs traditional facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,616 | $2,616 | $2,616 – $2,616 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna epo/aetna pos/aetna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,658 | $2,658 | $2,658 – $2,658 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,658 | $2,658 | $2,658 – $2,658 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna harris county ppo/hmo/cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,658 | $2,658 | $2,658 – $2,658 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare golden rule/umr/united healthcare international/united healthcare pos/epo/united healthcare ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,658 | $2,658 | $2,658 – $2,658 |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,655 | $3,655 | $3,655 – $3,655 |
| 19 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,738 | $3,738 | $3,738 – $3,738 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan other facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,738 | $3,738 | $3,738 – $3,738 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan other facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,738 | $3,738 | $3,738 – $3,738 |
| 22 | First Health ccn network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,945 | $3,945 | $3,945 – $3,945 |
| 23 | First Health ccn network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,945 | $3,945 | $3,945 – $3,945 |
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
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