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
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Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $388 is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($567), higher than 27% of the 1,630 hospitals reporting CPT 31646. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 16 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 · fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $642 | $642 | — | — | — | $642 – $642 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $688 | $688 | — | — | — | $688 – $688 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $688 | $688 | — | — | — | $688 – $688 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $696 | $696 | — | — | — | $696 – $696 |
| 10 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $721 | $721 | — | — | — | $721 – $721 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $759 | $759 | — | — | — | $759 – $759 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 13 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 16 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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