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MRI L SPINE WO CONTRAST
Wheaton, MN
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Sanford Wheaton’s median price of $2.9k is 410% above the median hospital's median price ($575), higher than 93% of the 2,589 hospitals reporting CPT 72148. 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, 27 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 | Ucare medicaid managed care case rate · outpatient | $253.81 | $253.81 | $253.81 – $253.81 |
| 2 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · outpatient | $578.05 | $578.05 | $578.05 – $578.05 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mn commercial/federal fee schedule · outpatient | $1,156 | $1,156 | $1,156 – $1,156 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,770 | $1,770 | $1,770 – $1,770 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,918 | $1,918 | $1,918 – $1,918 |
| 7 | Bcbs Mn medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,918 | $1,918 | $1,918 – $1,918 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare replacement percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,918 | $1,918 | $1,918 – $1,918 |
| 9 | Bcbs Nd commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,417 | $2,417 | $2,417 – $2,417 |
| 10 | Sanford Health Plan group health/true percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,772 | $2,772 | $2,772 – $2,772 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan group health/true percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,772 | $2,772 | $2,772 – $2,772 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial + top 20 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,933 | $2,933 | $2,933 – $2,933 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial + top 20 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,933 | $2,933 | $2,933 – $2,933 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,052 | $3,052 | $3,052 – $3,052 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,052 | $3,052 | $3,052 – $3,052 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,086 | $3,086 | $3,086 – $3,086 |
| 17 | Ucare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,086 | $3,086 | $3,086 – $3,086 |
| 18 | Medica choice percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,087 | $3,087 | $3,087 – $3,087 |
| 19 | Medica choice percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,105 | $3,105 | $3,105 – $3,105 |
| 20 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,161 | $3,161 | $3,161 – $3,161 |
| 21 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,161 | $3,161 | $3,161 – $3,161 |
| 22 | Sanford Health Plan commercial/nd pers/sd exchange commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 23 | Sanford Health Plan commercial/nd pers/sd exchange commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 24 | Sanford Health Plan sd exchange true percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 25 | Sanford Health Plan sd exchange true percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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