CMS Price Transparency Data

Screening mammogram (both breasts)

Facility: Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center

Billing Code: 77067 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$115

about 0.9× the $126 Medicare rate · typically $87–$142

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$126

About the fair price

about $11 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $126 Fair price $115 This hospital $126 Cash price $303 Hospital's list price $450

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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 $40 Priciest $126

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

A fair price for a Screening mammogram (both breasts) is about $115 (about 0.9× the $126 Medicare rate). Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center charges insurers about $126, or about $303 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brainerd, 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	$126 - $342	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$126 - $315	100%
Aetnamajor	$382	303%
Cignamajor	$331	262%
HealthPartners	$126 - $331	100%
Medica	$126 - $328	100%
Sanford Health Plan	$193 - $203	153%
Security Health Plan	$126	100%
UCare	$126 - $296	100%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$92 - $346

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 303), 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: 77067.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 77067.
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 Joseph's Medical Center

Compare: Screening mammogram (both breasts) at other MN hospitals

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