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Original text from hospital filings
FACILITY CRITICAL CARE, E/M 30-74 MINUTES
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $1.8k is 48% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 65% of the 2,559 hospitals reporting CPT 99291. 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, 30 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 | $905.09 | $905.09 | $905.09 – $905.09 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $905.09 | $905.09 | $905.09 – $905.09 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $905.09 | $905.09 | $905.09 – $905.09 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $905.09 | $905.09 | $905.09 – $905.09 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $905.09 | $905.09 | $905.09 – $905.09 |
| 6 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $941.68 | $941.68 | $941.68 – $941.68 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,278 | $1,278 | $1,278 – $1,278 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,278 | $1,278 | $1,278 – $1,278 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,281 | $1,281 | $1,281 – $1,281 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,341 | $1,341 | $1,341 – $1,341 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,345 | $1,345 | $1,345 – $1,345 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,345 | $1,345 | $1,345 – $1,345 |
| 13 | Medica commercial-fi facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,757 | $1,757 | $1,757 – $1,757 |
| 14 | Medica medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,822 | $1,822 | $1,822 – $1,822 |
| 15 | Medica commercial-si facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,854 | $1,854 | $1,854 – $1,854 |
| 16 | Medica commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,884 | $1,884 | $1,757 – $2,011 |
| 17 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,895 | $1,895 | $1,895 – $1,895 |
| 18 | Medica ifb aco facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 19 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,961 | $1,961 | $1,961 – $1,961 |
| 20 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,961 | $1,961 | $1,961 – $1,961 |
| 21 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 – $2,000 |
| 22 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,032 | $2,032 | $1,895 – $2,169 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,086 | $2,086 | $2,086 – $2,086 |
| 24 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,107 | $2,107 | $2,107 – $2,107 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,190 | $2,190 | $2,190 – $2,190 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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