Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Oct mid ear i&r bilateral
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $39 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($45), higher than 22% of the 1,029 hospitals reporting CPT 0486T. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 8 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $63 | $63 | — | — | — | $63 – $63 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $70 | $70 | — | — | — | $70 – $70 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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