MRI, brain (no contrast)
Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Billing Code: 70551 (CPT)
A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 DE hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 DE hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a MRI, brain (no contrast) is about $367 (about 1.5× the $244 Medicare rate). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $338, or about $2,315 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Wilmington, DE.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $850 - $1,445 | 349% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $717 - $2,044 | 294% |
| Aetnamajor | $982 - $1,343 | 403% |
| Cignamajor | $1,273 - $1,458 | 522% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $1,320 | 541% |
| AmeriHealth | $709 - $1,320 | 291% |
| Fidelis Care | $926 | 380% |
| Geisinger | $1,389 | 570% |
| HealthPartners | $898 | 368% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $917 | 376% |
| + 14 smaller / regional plans | $78 - $2,315 |
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Other Procedures at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Compare: MRI, brain (no contrast) at other DE hospitals
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover · Dover $193
- PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Georgetown · Georgetown $193
- Christiana Hospital · Newark $322
- Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus · Milford $325
- Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus · Dover $335
- Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. · Seaford $648
- Beebe Medical Center · Lewes $754
- St Francis Hospital · Wilmington $848
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.