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URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $50 is 238% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 77% of the 2,561 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 34 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 | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.14 | $16.14 | $16.14 – $16.14 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $25.99 | $25.99 | $25.99 – $25.99 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $27.36 | $27.36 | $27.36 – $27.36 |
| 10 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $37.07 | $37.07 | $37.07 – $37.07 |
| 11 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $44.58 | $44.58 | $44.58 – $44.58 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46.31 | $46.31 | $46.31 – $46.31 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $46.32 | $46.32 | $46.32 – $46.32 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46.32 | $46.32 | $46.32 – $46.32 |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $48.04 | $48.04 | $48.04 – $48.04 |
| 16 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.04 | $48.04 | $48.04 – $48.04 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $50.40 | $50.40 | $50.40 – $50.40 |
| 18 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $50.57 | $50.57 | $50.57 – $50.57 |
| 19 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $50.57 | $50.57 | $50.57 – $50.57 |
| 20 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $61.94 | $61.94 | $61.94 – $61.94 |
| 21 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $63.62 | $63.62 | $63.62 – $63.62 |
| 22 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $65.19 | $65.19 | $61.94 – $68.43 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $67.20 | $67.20 | $67.20 – $67.20 |
| 24 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $73.70 | $73.70 | $73.70 – $73.70 |
| 25 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $73.70 | $73.70 | $73.70 – $73.70 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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