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
Ecmo/ecls initiation venous
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $13.3k is 356% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 90% of the 1,479 hospitals reporting CPT 33946. 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 bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $627 | $627 | — | — | — | $627 – $627 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $993 | $993 | — | — | — | $993 – $993 |
| 3 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 6 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $13.3k | $13.3k | — | — | — | $13.3k – $13.3k |
| 11 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $13.3k | $13.3k | — | — | — | $13.3k – $13.3k |
| 12 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $13.3k | $13.3k | — | — | — | $13.3k – $13.3k |
| 13 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $13.3k | $13.3k | — | — | — | $13.3k – $13.3k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $13.3k | $13.3k | — | — | — | $13.3k – $13.3k |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $23.9k | $23.9k | — | — | — | $23.9k – $23.9k |
| 16 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $23.9k | $23.9k | — | — | — | $23.9k – $23.9k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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