CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$371

about 1.0× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $350–$391

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$358

About the fair price

about $13 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $371 This hospital $358 Cash price $2,511 Hospital's list price $3,804

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MN hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $96 Priciest $358

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MN hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $371 (about 1.0× the $356 Medicare rate). Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center charges insurers about $358, or about $2,511 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Duluth, MN.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$358 - $2,785	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$358 - $2,891	100%
Aetnamajor	$3,233	907%
Cignamajor	$2,720	763%
HealthPartners	$358 - $2,720	100%
Medica	$358 - $2,324	100%
Sanford Health Plan	$632 - $1,718	177%
Security Health Plan	$358 - $2,929	100%
UCare	$358 - $2,503	100%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$357 - $3,271

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,511), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 74177.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74177.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center

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