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.
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FACILITY CRITICAL CARE, E/M 30-74 MINUTES
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital’s median price of $1.3k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 53% 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, 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 | $827.50 | $827.50 | $827.50 – $827.50 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $845.09 | $845.09 | $845.09 – $845.09 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $845.09 | $845.09 | $845.09 – $845.09 |
| 4 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $845.09 | $845.09 | $845.09 – $845.09 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $845.09 | $845.09 | $845.09 – $845.09 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $845.09 | $845.09 | $845.09 – $845.09 |
| 7 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $995.00 | $995.00 | $995.00 – $995.00 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,072 | $1,072 | $1,072 – $1,072 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,072 | $1,072 | $1,072 – $1,072 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,104 | $1,104 | $1,104 – $1,104 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,104 | $1,104 | $1,104 – $1,104 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,125 | $1,125 | $1,125 – $1,125 |
| 13 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,129 | $1,129 | $1,129 – $1,129 |
| 14 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,129 | $1,129 | $1,129 – $1,129 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,375 | $1,375 | $1,375 – $1,375 |
| 16 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,383 | $1,383 | $1,383 – $1,383 |
| 17 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,420 | $1,420 | $1,420 – $1,420 |
| 18 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,455 | $1,455 | $1,383 – $1,528 |
| 19 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,492 | $1,492 | $1,492 – $1,492 |
| 20 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,492 | $1,492 | $1,492 – $1,492 |
| 21 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,498 | $1,498 | $1,498 – $1,498 |
| 22 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,645 | $1,645 | $1,645 – $1,645 |
| 23 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,645 | $1,645 | $1,645 – $1,645 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,788 | $1,788 | $1,788 – $1,788 |
| 25 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,788 | $1,788 | $1,788 – $1,788 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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