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
Hiram, GA
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Wellstar Paulding Hospital’s median price of $393 is 31% 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 | $242.35 | $242.35 | $242.35 – $242.35 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $247.20 | $247.20 | $247.20 – $247.20 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $254.47 | $254.47 | $254.47 – $254.47 |
| 4 | Caresource medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $259.32 | $259.32 | $259.32 – $259.32 |
| 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 | $426.54 | $426.54 | $426.54 – $426.54 |
| 8 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $448.35 | $448.35 | $448.35 – $448.35 |
| 9 | Caresource exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $475.01 | $475.01 | $475.01 – $475.01 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shbp other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $718.08 | $718.08 | $718.08 – $718.08 |
| 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 | $909.77 | $909.77 | $909.77 – $909.77 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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