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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’s median price of $533 is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 47% 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, 12 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 all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.70 | $219.70 | $219.70 – $219.70 |
| 2 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.70 | $219.70 | $219.70 – $219.70 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $219.70 | $219.70 | $219.70 – $219.70 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $230.69 | $230.69 | $230.69 – $230.69 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $368.75 | $368.75 | $219.70 – $517.79 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $533.13 | $533.13 | $533.13 – $533.13 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $533.13 | $533.13 | $533.13 – $533.13 |
| 8 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $533.13 | $533.13 | $533.13 – $533.13 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $533.13 | $533.13 | $533.13 – $533.13 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $821.86 | $730.04 | $219.70 – $893.40 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $805.00 | $805.00 | $805.00 – $805.00 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,343 | $1,343 | $1,343 – $1,343 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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