CPT 71551 at Skyline Hospital

MRI/MRA - Other

Skyline Hospital, White Salmon

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

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What Skyline Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Skyline Hospital’s prices for CPT 71551, as an outpatient
Who pays	Hospital’s fee (lowest – highest)	Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates	$2,292 – $2,5352 plans	$51.00 – $162
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates	$1,2953 plans	$80.57 – $280
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates	$1,344 – $1,5863 plans	$228 – $240
Other government programInsurer rates	$1,9421 plan	$80.57
UnknownInsurer rates	$1,425 – $2,6976 plans	$51.00 – $242
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance	$1,942	$288
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it	$2,697	$400

Lowest and highest amounts Skyline Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-08-21. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for CPT 71551 at Skyline Hospital
Bill	What it’s for	Original Medicare allows	Private plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospital	The test or scan: equipment and staff	—	The price above
Reading doctorThe doctor who reads it (often a radiology group)	Reading the results and writing the report	$80.57	$95.07 – $144

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 71551 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.