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
Thyroid met imaging/studies
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $394 is 12% below the median hospital's median price ($447), higher than 32% of the 1,366 hospitals reporting CPT 78016. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 9 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 | $394 | $394 | — | — | — | $394 – $394 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $394 | $394 | — | — | — | $394 – $394 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $394 | $394 | — | — | — | $394 – $394 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $394 | $394 | — | — | — | $394 – $394 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $394 | $394 | — | — | — | $394 – $394 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $649 | $649 | — | — | — | $649 – $649 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $712 | $712 | — | — | — | $712 – $712 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $712 | $712 | — | — | — | $712 – $712 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $804 | $804 | — | — | — | $804 – $804 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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