CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, foot

Facility: M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center

Billing Code: 73630 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$34

about 0.4× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $34–$65

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$34

About the fair price

0.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $34 This hospital $34 Cash price $147 Hospital's list price $367

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 MN hospitals compared.

Cheapest $24 Priciest $35

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 X-ray, foot is about $34 (about 0.4× the $89 Medicare rate). M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center charges insurers about $34, or about $147 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Minneapolis, MN.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$7 - $314	8%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$6 - $174	7%
Aetnamajor	$20 - $374	22%
Cignamajor	$16 - $308	18%
Humanamajor	$19 - $358	21%
HealthPartners	$5 - $267	6%
Medica	$6 - $119	7%
Sanford Health Plan	$7 - $324	8%
Security Health Plan	$7 - $413	8%
UCare	$6 - $201	7%
WellCare	$7 - $88	8%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$5 - $496

Excludes 4 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 147), 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: 73630.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73630.
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 M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center

Compare: X-ray, foot at other MN hospitals

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