Hepatitis C reverse transcription test 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

HEPATITIS C RNA QUANT

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $44 is 38% below the median hospital's median price ($71), higher than 18% of the 2,647 hospitals reporting CPT 87522. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87522 at Essentia Health Duluth

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	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$36	$36	$17	47%	—	$19 – $53
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
4	Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
5	Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
6	Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$43	$43	—	—	—	$43 – $43
8	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$43	$43	$21	47%	—	$23 – $64
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$45	$45	$21	47%	—	$24 – $66
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$45	$45	$21	47%	—	$24 – $66
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$45	$45	$21	47%	—	$24 – $66
12	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$47	$47	$22	47%	—	$24 – $69
13	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$47	$47	$22	47%	—	$24 – $69
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$49	$49	$23	47%	—	$26 – $72
15	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$49	$49	$23	47%	—	$26 – $72
16	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$49	$49	$23	47%	—	$26 – $72
17	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$60	$60	$28	47%	—	$32 – $88
18	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$62	$62	$29	47%	—	$32 – $91
19	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$62	$63	$30	48%	—	$32 – $98
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$65	$65	$31	47%	—	$34 – $96
21	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$71	$71	$34	47%	—	$38 – $105
22	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$71	$71	$34	47%	—	$38 – $105
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$72	$72	$34	47%	—	$38 – $107
24	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$78	$78	$37	47%	—	$41 – $114
25	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$78	$78	$37	47%	—	$41 – $114

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Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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