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Original text from hospital filings
CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
5211 Highway 110 Aurora, MN
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Essentia Health Northern Pines’s median price of $1.4k is 299% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 82% of the 2,627 hospitals reporting CPT 72131. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 37 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 medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $757.05 | $757.05 | $757.05 – $757.05 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.08 | $769.08 | $769.08 – $769.08 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.08 | $769.08 | $769.08 – $769.08 |
| 4 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.08 | $769.08 | $769.08 – $769.08 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.08 | $769.08 | $769.08 – $769.08 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.08 | $769.08 | $769.08 – $769.08 |
| 7 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $784.86 | $784.86 | $784.86 – $784.86 |
| 8 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $792.74 | $792.74 | $792.74 – $792.74 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $792.74 | $792.74 | $792.74 – $792.74 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,085 | $1,085 | $1,085 – $1,085 |
| 11 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,229 | $1,229 | $1,229 – $1,229 |
| 12 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,298 | $1,298 | $1,298 – $1,298 |
| 13 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,298 | $1,298 | $1,298 – $1,298 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,302 | $1,302 | $1,302 – $1,302 |
| 15 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,333 | $1,333 | $1,333 – $1,333 |
| 16 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,369 | $1,369 | $1,369 – $1,369 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,371 | $1,371 | $1,371 – $1,371 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,380 | $1,380 | $1,380 – $1,380 |
| 19 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,410 | $1,410 | $1,410 – $1,410 |
| 20 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,410 | $1,410 | $1,410 – $1,410 |
| 21 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,489 | $1,489 | $1,489 – $1,489 |
| 22 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,489 | $1,489 | $1,489 – $1,489 |
| 23 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,513 | $1,513 | $1,410 – $1,615 |
| 24 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,513 | $1,513 | $1,410 – $1,615 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,518 | $1,518 | $1,518 – $1,518 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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