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Inst pleu-perit shnt w pump
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $6.1k is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($7.1k), higher than 13% of the 801 hospitals reporting HCPCS C8006. 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, 7 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 · case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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