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
PARAFFIN BATH THERAPY
3000 32nd Ave S Fargo, ND
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Essentia Health Fargo’s median price of $22 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($30), higher than 44% of the 2,225 hospitals reporting CPT 97018. 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, 31 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 | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 – $5.99 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.86 | $11.86 | $11.86 – $11.86 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.49 | $12.49 | $12.49 – $12.49 |
| 10 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $13.94 | $13.94 | $13.94 – $13.94 |
| 11 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $20.23 | $20.23 | $20.23 – $20.23 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $22.30 | $22.30 | $22.30 – $22.30 |
| 13 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $22.30 | $22.30 | $22.30 – $22.30 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $23.40 | $23.40 | $23.40 – $23.40 |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $23.48 | $23.48 | $23.48 – $23.48 |
| 16 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $23.48 | $23.48 | $23.48 – $23.48 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $25.61 | $25.61 | $23.40 – $27.82 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs nd facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $27.82 | $27.82 | $27.82 – $27.82 |
| 19 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $28.81 | $28.81 | $28.81 – $28.81 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $29.48 | $29.48 | $29.48 – $29.48 |
| 21 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $30.89 | $30.89 | $28.81 – $32.97 |
| 22 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $32.03 | $32.03 | $32.03 – $32.03 |
| 23 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $32.03 | $32.03 | $32.03 – $32.03 |
| 24 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $34.22 | $34.22 | $34.22 – $34.22 |
| 25 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $34.22 | $34.22 | $34.22 – $34.22 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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