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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MRI Brain W/O Cont
Gary, IN
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The Methodist Hospitals, Inc.’s median price of $670 is 17% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 54% 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: 10 payers, 22 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 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.20 | $251.20 | $251.20 – $251.20 |
| 2 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.20 | $251.20 | $251.20 – $251.20 |
| 3 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.20 | $251.20 | $251.20 – $251.20 |
| 4 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.20 | $251.20 | $251.20 – $251.20 |
| 5 | Anthem pathway essentials facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $376.80 | $376.80 | $376.80 – $376.80 |
| 6 | Caresource caresource facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $414.48 | $414.48 | $414.48 – $414.48 |
| 7 | Anthem indiana hmo medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $464.37 | $464.37 | $464.37 – $464.37 |
| 8 | Caresource indiana hmo medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $464.37 | $464.37 | $464.37 – $464.37 |
| 9 | Humana indiana hmo medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $464.37 | $464.37 | $464.37 – $464.37 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare indiana hmo medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $464.37 | $464.37 | $464.37 – $464.37 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo_and_ppo_contracted_plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $497.38 | $497.38 | $497.38 – $497.38 |
| 12 | Ambetter ambetter healthplan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $502.40 | $502.40 | $502.40 – $502.40 |
| 13 | Anthem individual on exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $668.57 | $668.57 | $668.57 – $668.57 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare navigate and core payer facility · other · outpatient | $670.00 | $670.00 | $670.00 – $670.00 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare hmo_and_ppo_contracted_plans facility · other · outpatient | $721.00 | $721.00 | $721.00 – $721.00 |
| 16 | Anthem traditonal,hmo,ppo contracted plans and individual off exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $835.71 | $835.71 | $835.71 – $835.71 |
| 17 | Cigna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,066 | $2,066 | $2,066 – $2,066 |
| 18 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,243 | $2,243 | $2,243 – $2,243 |
| 19 | Aetna firsthealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,351 | $3,351 | $3,351 – $3,351 |
| 20 | Phcs ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,658 | $3,658 | $3,658 – $3,658 |
| 21 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,927 | $3,927 | $3,927 – $3,927 |
| 22 | Aetna coventry facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,980 | $3,980 | $3,980 – $3,980 |
Last updated: Aug 18, 2026
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