CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (single view)

Facility: Essentia Health Virginia

Billing Code: 71045 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$81

about 0.9× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $39–$86

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$86

About the fair price

about $5 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $81 This hospital $86 Cash price $192 Hospital's list price $306

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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 $17 Priciest $86

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

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (single view) is about $81 (about 0.9× the $89 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Virginia charges insurers about $86, or about $192 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Virginia, 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	$86 - $269	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$86 - $323	97%
Aetnamajor	$260	292%
Cignamajor	$276 - $277	310%
HealthPartners	$86 - $277	97%
Medica	$70 - $223	79%
Sanford Health Plan	$131 - $156	147%
Security Health Plan	$86 - $236	97%
UCare	$86 - $201	97%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$86 - $236

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 192), 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: 71045.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health Virginia is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71045.
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 Virginia

Compare: X-ray, chest (single view) at other MN hospitals

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