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INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
201 9th St W Ada, MN
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Essentia Health Ada’s median price of $762 is 59% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 11% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 39 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 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $445.79 | $445.79 | $445.79 – $445.79 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $445.79 | $445.79 | $445.79 – $445.79 |
| 3 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $456.11 | $456.11 | $456.11 – $456.11 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $491.52 | $491.52 | $491.52 – $491.52 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $491.52 | $491.52 | $491.52 – $491.52 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $517.42 | $517.42 | $517.42 – $517.42 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $517.42 | $517.42 | $517.42 – $517.42 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $550.08 | $550.08 | $550.08 – $550.08 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $550.08 | $550.08 | $550.08 – $550.08 |
| 10 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $550.08 | $550.08 | $550.08 – $550.08 |
| 11 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $550.08 | $550.08 | $550.08 – $550.08 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $550.08 | $550.08 | $550.08 – $550.08 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $630.30 | $630.30 | $630.30 – $630.30 |
| 14 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $696.77 | $696.77 | $696.77 – $696.77 |
| 15 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $696.77 | $696.77 | $696.77 – $696.77 |
| 16 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $713.96 | $713.96 | $713.96 – $713.96 |
| 17 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $754.07 | $754.07 | $754.07 – $754.07 |
| 18 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $754.07 | $754.07 | $754.07 – $754.07 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $762.09 | $762.09 | $762.09 – $762.09 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $762.09 | $762.09 | $762.09 – $762.09 |
| 21 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $762.09 | $762.09 | $762.09 – $762.09 |
| 22 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $762.09 | $762.09 | $762.09 – $762.09 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $802.20 | $802.20 | $802.20 – $802.20 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $802.20 | $802.20 | $802.20 – $802.20 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $805.98 | $805.98 | $613.11 – $998.85 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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