CMS Price Transparency Data

Diagnostic mammogram (both breasts)

Facility: St Lukes Hospital

Billing Code: 77066 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$120

about 0.8× the $157 Medicare rate · typically $96–$150

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$106

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $14 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $157 Fair price $120 This hospital $106 Cash price $455 Hospital's list price $837

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 MN hospitals compared.

Cheapest $53 Priciest $112

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 Diagnostic mammogram (both breasts) is about $120 (about 0.8× the $157 Medicare rate). St Lukes Hospital charges insurers about $106, or about $455 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. 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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$38 - $151	24%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$35 - $719	22%
Aetnamajor	$44 - $117	28%
Humanamajor	$47 - $119	30%
HealthPartners	$45 - $116	29%
Medica	$35 - $151	22%
Security Health Plan	$84 - $671	54%
UCare	$33 - $46	21%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$307

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 455), 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: 77066.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Lukes Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 77066.
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 St Lukes Hospital

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.