Second-level cervical or thoracic facet joint injection with image guidance 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

INJ PARAVERT F JNT C/T2 LEV(T)

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $620 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($848), higher than 39% of the 2,026 hospitals reporting CPT 64491. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 64491 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	$312	$312	—	—	—	$312 – $312
3	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$375	$375	—	—	—	$375 – $375
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$390	$390	—	—	—	$390 – $390
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$390	$390	—	—	—	$390 – $390
6	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$404	$404	—	—	—	$404 – $404
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$424	$424	—	—	—	$424 – $424
8	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$425	$425	—	—	—	$425 – $425
9	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$521	$521	—	—	—	$521 – $521
10	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$535	$535	—	—	—	$535 – $535
11	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$548	$548	$27	5%	—	$521 – $576
12	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$620	$620	—	—	—	$620 – $620
13	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$674	$674	—	—	—	$674 – $674
14	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$674	$674	—	—	—	$674 – $674
15	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$674	$674	—	—	—	$674 – $674
16	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$690	$690	—	—	—	$690 – $690
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$716	$716	—	—	—	$716 – $716
18	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$801	$801	—	—	—	$801 – $801

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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