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Functional Brain MRI With Standard Tasks

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 70554

An MRI of the brain that maps which areas switch on during activity, taken while the patient performs simple set tasks such as moving a hand or watching a visual pattern. It is used before brain surgery to locate the areas that control movement, vision or language so they can be protected. The tasks are selected and run by the imaging staff as part of the scan.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Functional Brain MRI With Standard Tasks cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $562.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $891Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wyoming than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$479

WY $1,549TX $251

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.