CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, pelvis

Facility: Essentia Health Virginia

Billing Code: 72170 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$97

about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $50–$105

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$104

About the fair price

about $7 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $97 This hospital $104 Cash price $200 Hospital's list price $318

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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 $21 Priciest $104

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, pelvis is about $97 (about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Virginia charges insurers about $104, or about $200 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	$104 - $280	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$104 - $391	97%
Aetnamajor	$270	253%
Cignamajor	$287	269%
HealthPartners	$104 - $287	97%
Medica	$73 - $232	68%
Sanford Health Plan	$136 - $188	127%
Security Health Plan	$104 - $245	97%
UCare	$104 - $209	97%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$104 - $245

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 200), 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: 72170.

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 72170.
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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