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
Lagrange, GA
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Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center’s median price of $399 is 30% below the median hospital's median price ($573), higher than 35% 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, 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 | $234.79 | $234.79 | $234.79 – $234.79 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $239.49 | $239.49 | $239.49 – $239.49 |
| 3 | Cigna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $246.53 | $246.53 | $246.53 – $246.53 |
| 4 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $251.22 | $251.22 | $251.22 – $251.22 |
| 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 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $399.14 | $399.14 | $399.14 – $399.14 |
| 8 | Ambetter select medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $413.23 | $413.23 | $413.23 – $413.23 |
| 9 | Caresource exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $460.19 | $460.19 | $460.19 – $460.19 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shbp other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $721.17 | $721.17 | $721.17 – $721.17 |
| 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 | $913.68 | $913.68 | $913.68 – $913.68 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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