Drainage of external ear lesion 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

DRAIN EXT EAR ABSC/BLOOD,SIMPLE

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $577 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($741), higher than 29% of the 2,202 hospitals reporting CPT 69000. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 69000 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	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$225	$225	—	—	—	$225 – $225
2	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$270	$270	—	—	—	$270 – $270
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
5	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$291	$291	—	—	—	$291 – $291
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$306	$306	—	—	—	$306 – $306
7	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$307	$307	—	—	—	$307 – $307
8	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$375	$375	—	—	—	$375 – $375
9	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$386	$386	—	—	—	$386 – $386
10	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$395	$395	$20	5%	—	$375 – $415
11	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$447	$447	—	—	—	$447 – $447
12	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$485	$485	—	—	—	$485 – $485
13	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$485	$485	—	—	—	$485 – $485
14	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$485	$485	—	—	—	$485 – $485
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$497	$497	—	—	—	$497 – $497
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$516	$516	—	—	—	$516 – $516
17	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$577	$577	—	—	—	$577 – $577
18	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
19	Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
20	Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
21	Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
22	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$691	$691	—	—	—	$691 – $691
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
24	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
25	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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