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HC MRI BRAIN W O CONTRAST
Philadelphia, PA
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The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s median price of $2.2k is 280% above the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 86% 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: 16 payers, 42 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 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $220.70 | $220.70 | $220.70 – $220.70 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $250.79 | $250.79 | $250.79 – $250.79 |
| 3 | Kaiser kaiser transplant medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $250.79 | $250.79 | $250.79 – $250.79 |
| 4 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $250.79 | $250.79 | $250.79 – $250.79 |
| 5 | Optum optum urn-transplant managed medicare facility · other · outpatient | $250.79 | $250.79 | $250.79 – $250.79 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $250.79 | $250.79 | $250.79 – $250.79 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $255.81 | $255.81 | $255.81 – $255.81 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $258.31 | $258.31 | $258.31 – $258.31 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare facility · other · outpatient | $258.31 | $258.31 | $258.31 – $258.31 |
| 10 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $263.33 | $263.33 | $263.33 – $263.33 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $265.84 | $265.84 | $265.84 – $265.84 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $265.84 | $265.84 | $265.84 – $265.84 |
| 13 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $270.85 | $270.85 | $270.85 – $270.85 |
| 14 | Kaiser kaiser transplant medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $282.45 | $282.45 | $282.45 – $282.45 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $363.58 | $363.58 | $363.58 – $363.58 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $374.48 | $374.48 | $374.48 – $374.48 |
| 17 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $426.34 | $426.34 | $426.34 – $426.34 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $521.93 | $521.93 | $521.93 – $521.93 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $527.39 | $527.39 | $527.39 – $527.39 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $529.93 | $529.93 | $529.93 – $529.93 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,031 | $1,031 | $1,031 – $1,031 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · other · outpatient | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 – $1,157 |
| 23 | Optum optum urn-cancer resource services facility · other · outpatient | $1,254 | $1,254 | $1,254 – $1,254 |
| 24 | Optum optum urn-transplant commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1,254 | $1,254 | $1,254 – $1,254 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · other · outpatient | $1,441 | $1,441 | $1,441 – $1,441 |
Last updated: Feb 10, 2026
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