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
NEG PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DME >50 SQ CM
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital’s median price of $345 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($404), higher than 35% of the 2,336 hospitals reporting CPT 97606. 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, 31 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 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $137.70 | $137.70 | $137.70 – $137.70 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $165.57 | $165.57 | $165.57 – $165.57 |
| 3 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $178.42 | $178.42 | $178.42 – $178.42 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $178.42 | $178.42 | $178.42 – $178.42 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $183.71 | $183.71 | $183.71 – $183.71 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $183.71 | $183.71 | $183.71 – $183.71 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $187.20 | $187.20 | $187.20 – $187.20 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $187.82 | $187.82 | $187.82 – $187.82 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $187.82 | $187.82 | $187.82 – $187.82 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $228.80 | $228.80 | $228.80 – $228.80 |
| 11 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $230.05 | $230.05 | $230.05 – $230.05 |
| 12 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $236.29 | $236.29 | $236.29 – $236.29 |
| 13 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $242.12 | $242.12 | $230.05 – $254.18 |
| 14 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $249.18 | $249.18 | $249.18 – $249.18 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $273.73 | $273.73 | $273.73 – $273.73 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $273.73 | $273.73 | $273.73 – $273.73 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $297.44 | $297.44 | $297.44 – $297.44 |
| 18 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $297.44 | $297.44 | $297.44 – $297.44 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $304.51 | $304.51 | $304.51 – $304.51 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $316.16 | $316.16 | $316.16 – $316.16 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $316.16 | $316.16 | $316.16 – $316.16 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $353.60 | $353.60 | $353.60 – $353.60 |
| 23 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $353.60 | $353.60 | $353.60 – $353.60 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $400.71 | $400.71 | $400.71 – $400.71 |
| 25 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $400.71 | $400.71 | $400.71 – $400.71 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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