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
CULTFOR PATHOG ORGAN,SCR - REF
900 Hilligoss Blvd SE Fosston, MN
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Essentia Health Fosston’s median price of $51 is 271% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 77% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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, 44 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 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 6 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $26.06 | $26.06 | $26.06 – $26.06 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $28.74 | $28.74 | $28.74 – $28.74 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $30.25 | $30.25 | $30.25 – $30.25 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $36.85 | $36.85 | $36.85 – $36.85 |
| 10 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $37.93 | $37.93 | $26.06 – $49.79 |
| 11 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.81 | $38.81 | $26.67 – $50.94 |
| 12 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $40.74 | $40.74 | $40.74 – $40.74 |
| 13 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $41.74 | $41.74 | $41.74 – $41.74 |
| 14 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41.82 | $41.82 | $28.74 – $54.90 |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $44.02 | $44.02 | $30.25 – $57.79 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $44.09 | $44.09 | $44.09 – $44.09 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $44.56 | $44.56 | $44.56 – $44.56 |
| 18 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $44.56 | $44.56 | $44.56 – $44.56 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $46.90 | $46.90 | $46.90 – $46.90 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $46.90 | $46.90 | $46.90 – $46.90 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.75 | $48.75 | $33.50 – $64.00 |
| 22 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.75 | $48.75 | $33.50 – $64.00 |
| 23 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.75 | $48.75 | $33.50 – $64.00 |
| 24 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.75 | $48.75 | $33.50 – $64.00 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.75 | $48.75 | $33.50 – $64.00 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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