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 stem w/o dye
Douglasville, GA
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Wellstar Douglas Hospital’s median price of $392 is 32% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 34% 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: 6 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 medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $240.17 | $240.17 | $240.17 – $240.17 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $244.98 | $244.98 | $244.98 – $244.98 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $252.18 | $252.18 | $252.18 – $252.18 |
| 4 | Caresource medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $256.98 | $256.98 | $256.98 – $256.98 |
| 5 | Cigna hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $360.33 | $360.33 | $360.33 – $360.33 |
| 6 | Cigna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $360.33 | $360.33 | $360.33 – $360.33 |
| 7 | Ambetter select exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $422.70 | $422.70 | $422.70 – $422.70 |
| 8 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $444.32 | $444.32 | $444.32 – $444.32 |
| 9 | Caresource exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $470.74 | $470.74 | $470.74 – $470.74 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shbp other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $719.92 | $719.92 | $719.92 – $719.92 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $861.95 | $861.95 | $861.95 – $861.95 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $912.10 | $912.10 | $912.10 – $912.10 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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