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Original text from hospital filings
CT LUMBAR SPINE W/O DYE
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $869 is 153% above the median hospital's median price ($343), higher than 71% 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: 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 | $114.23 | $114.23 | $114.23 – $114.23 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $114.23 | $114.23 | $114.23 – $114.23 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $114.23 | $114.23 | $114.23 – $114.23 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $114.23 | $114.23 | $114.23 – $114.23 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $114.23 | $114.23 | $114.23 – $114.23 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $406.50 | $406.50 | $406.50 – $406.50 |
| 7 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $638.32 | $638.32 | $638.32 – $638.32 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $866.38 | $866.38 | $866.38 – $866.38 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $866.38 | $866.38 | $866.38 – $866.38 |
| 10 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $868.60 | $868.60 | $868.60 – $868.60 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $909.00 | $909.00 | $909.00 – $909.00 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $912.03 | $912.03 | $912.03 – $912.03 |
| 13 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $912.03 | $912.03 | $912.03 – $912.03 |
| 14 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,285 | $1,285 | $1,285 – $1,285 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,329 | $1,329 | $1,329 – $1,329 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,329 | $1,329 | $1,329 – $1,329 |
| 17 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,355 | $1,355 | $1,355 – $1,355 |
| 18 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,378 | $1,378 | $1,285 – $1,471 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,414 | $1,414 | $1,414 – $1,414 |
| 20 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,428 | $1,428 | $1,428 – $1,428 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,485 | $1,485 | $1,485 – $1,485 |
| 22 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,485 | $1,485 | $1,485 – $1,485 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,537 | $1,537 | $1,537 – $1,537 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,717 | $1,717 | $1,717 – $1,717 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,717 | $1,717 | $1,717 – $1,717 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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