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
XRAY CERVICAL SPINE 2 OR 3 VWS
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $262 is 109% above the median hospital's median price ($125), higher than 77% of the 2,628 hospitals reporting CPT 72040. 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, 25 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 | $94.57 | $94.57 | $94.57 – $94.57 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $94.57 | $94.57 | $94.57 – $94.57 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $94.57 | $94.57 | $94.57 – $94.57 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $94.57 | $94.57 | $94.57 – $94.57 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $94.57 | $94.57 | $94.57 – $94.57 |
| 6 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $183.91 | $183.91 | $183.91 – $183.91 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $249.62 | $249.62 | $249.62 – $249.62 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $249.62 | $249.62 | $249.62 – $249.62 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $250.26 | $250.26 | $250.26 – $250.26 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $261.90 | $261.90 | $261.90 – $261.90 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $262.77 | $262.77 | $262.77 – $262.77 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $262.77 | $262.77 | $262.77 – $262.77 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $335.95 | $335.95 | $335.95 – $335.95 |
| 14 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $370.15 | $370.15 | $370.15 – $370.15 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $382.96 | $382.96 | $382.96 – $382.96 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $382.96 | $382.96 | $382.96 – $382.96 |
| 17 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $390.52 | $390.52 | $390.52 – $390.52 |
| 18 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $396.93 | $396.93 | $370.15 – $423.70 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $407.40 | $407.40 | $407.40 – $407.40 |
| 20 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $411.47 | $411.47 | $411.47 – $411.47 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $427.77 | $427.77 | $427.77 – $427.77 |
| 22 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $427.77 | $427.77 | $427.77 – $427.77 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $442.90 | $442.90 | $442.90 – $442.90 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $494.70 | $494.70 | $494.70 – $494.70 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $494.70 | $494.70 | $494.70 – $494.70 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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