Venous catheter placement for blood sampling from organs at Essentia Health Duluth

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.

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Original text from hospital filings

VENOUS SELECT SAMPL W CATH(T)

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $550 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($868), higher than 35% of the 1,691 hospitals reporting CPT 36500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 36500 at Essentia Health Duluth

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 18 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	$1	$1	—	—	—	$1 – $1
2	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$277	$277	—	—	—	$277 – $277
3	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$333	$333	—	—	—	$333 – $333
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$346	$346	—	—	—	$346 – $346
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$346	$346	—	—	—	$346 – $346
6	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$359	$359	—	—	—	$359 – $359
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$376	$376	—	—	—	$376 – $376
8	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$377	$377	—	—	—	$377 – $377
9	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$462	$462	—	—	—	$462 – $462
10	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$475	$475	—	—	—	$475 – $475
11	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$487	$487	$24	5%	—	$462 – $511
12	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$550	$550	—	—	—	$550 – $550
13	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$598	$598	—	—	—	$598 – $598
14	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$598	$598	—	—	—	$598 – $598
15	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$598	$598	—	—	—	$598 – $598
16	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$612	$612	—	—	—	$612 – $612
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$635	$635	—	—	—	$635 – $635
18	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$711	$711	—	—	—	$711 – $711

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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