Contrast dye check of central venous catheter 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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

EVAL CV DEVICE, INJ W/FLUO(T)

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $435 is 26% above the median hospital's median price ($344), higher than 59% of the 2,296 hospitals reporting CPT 36598. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 36598 at Essentia Health Duluth

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 25 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	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
2	Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
3	Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
4	Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$207	$207	—	—	—	$207 – $207
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$337	$337	—	—	—	$337 – $337
7	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$362	$362	—	—	—	$362 – $362
8	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$373	$373	—	—	—	$373 – $373
9	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$373	$373	—	—	—	$373 – $373
10	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$435	$435	—	—	—	$435 – $435
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$452	$452	—	—	—	$452 – $452
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$452	$452	—	—	—	$452 – $452
13	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$469	$469	—	—	—	$469 – $469
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$492	$492	—	—	—	$492 – $492
15	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$493	$493	—	—	—	$493 – $493
16	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$604	$604	—	—	—	$604 – $604
17	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$621	$621	—	—	—	$621 – $621
18	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$636	$636	$32	5%	—	$604 – $668
19	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$719	$719	—	—	—	$719 – $719
20	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$782	$782	—	—	—	$782 – $782
21	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$782	$782	—	—	—	$782 – $782
22	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$782	$782	—	—	—	$782 – $782
23	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$800	$800	—	—	—	$800 – $800
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$831	$831	—	—	—	$831 – $831
25	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$929	$929	—	—	—	$929 – $929

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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