CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$235

about 2.2× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $109–$748

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$106

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $129 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $235 This hospital $106 Cash price $1,392 Hospital's list price $1,883

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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 $46 Priciest $106

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 CT scan, sinuses is about $235 (about 2.2× the $107 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital charges insurers about $106, or about $1,392 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Graceville, 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	$1,167 - $1,704	1093%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,007 - $1,641	943%
Aetnamajor	$1,601	1499%
Cignamajor	$1,252	1172%
HealthPartners	$732 - $1,252	685%
Medica	$749 - $1,697	701%
Sanford Health Plan	$808 - $850	756%
Security Health Plan	$1,167	1093%
UCare	$1,167 - $1,239	1093%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$106 - $1,641

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 1,392), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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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