CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, abdomen (limited)

Facility: Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit Lakes

Billing Code: 76705 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$112

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $111–$114

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$112

About the fair price

1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $112 This hospital $112 Cash price $467 Hospital's list price $727

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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 $32 Priciest $112

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 Ultrasound, abdomen (limited) is about $112 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit Lakes charges insurers about $112, or about $467 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Detroit Lakes, 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	$112 - $611	105%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$74 - $553	69%
Aetnamajor	$618	579%
Cignamajor	$534	500%
HealthPartners	$112 - $534	105%
Medica	$112 - $581	105%
Sanford Health Plan	$188 - $328	176%
Security Health Plan	$112	105%
UCare	$112 - $478	105%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$106 - $625

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 467), 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: 76705.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit Lakes is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 76705.
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 Marys - Detroit Lakes

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