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Brain MRI During Surgery, Before and After Contrast

Iowa rates for HCPCS 70559

An MRI of the brain, brain stem and skull base taken while the skull is open during an operation, done first without contrast and then repeated after contrast is injected into a vein. Comparing the two sets shows the surgeon whether any tumor or abnormal vessel tissue is still present before the operation is finished.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Brain MRI During Surgery, Before and After Contrast cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $603 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$437 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$372 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,169Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $282 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $617

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,388.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
3 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Wyoming than in Washington. 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.

Iowa· 24th of 51

$617

WY $3,715WA $275

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.