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HC MRI BRAIN W/O CONTRAST MD
Harrisburg, PA
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UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals’s median price of $444 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 39% 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, 16 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 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $235.40 | $235.40 | $235.40 – $235.40 |
| 2 | Highmark freedom blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $238.95 | $238.95 | $238.95 – $238.95 |
| 3 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $244.91 | $244.91 | $244.91 – $244.91 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $248.00 | $248.00 | $248.00 – $248.00 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $249.67 | $249.67 | $249.67 – $249.67 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $254.42 | $254.42 | $254.42 – $254.42 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $319.60 | $319.60 | $58.60 – $580.60 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $352.39 | $352.39 | $352.39 – $352.39 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $428.76 | $428.76 | $428.76 – $428.76 |
| 10 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $941.23 | $941.23 | $172.58 – $1,710 |
| 11 | Aetna pebtf aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $998.75 | $998.75 | $183.12 – $1,814 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,176 | $1,176 | $215.65 – $2,137 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,667 | $1,667 | $1,667 – $1,667 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,667 | $1,667 | $1,667 – $1,667 |
| 15 | Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,494 | $2,494 | $2,494 – $2,494 |
| 16 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,494 | $2,494 | $2,494 – $2,494 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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