CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$135
about 0.6× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $76–$230
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $224 Fair price $135 Cash price $123 Hospital's list price $183

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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 $119 - $218 53%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor $70 - $541 31%
Aetnamajor $133 - $178 59%
Cignamajor $115 - $154 51%
HealthPartners $67 - $218 30%
Medica $49 - $218 22%
Sanford Health Plan $67 - $94 30%
Security Health Plan $218 97%
UCare $103 - $218 46%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans $70 - $726
Government programs also on file: Medicare.
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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Facility Profile & Credentials

  • Address: 523 North 3Rd Street, Brainerd, MN 56401
  • CMS Rating: ★★★☆☆
  • Ownership Type: Voluntary non-profit - Private
  • Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals