CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, pelvis

Facility: Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center

Billing Code: 72192 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$138

about 1.3× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $106–$1,543

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$106

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $32 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $138 This hospital $106 Cash price $1,335 Hospital's list price $1,806

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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 $56 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, pelvis is about $138 (about 1.3× the $107 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center charges insurers about $106, or about $1,335 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Aurora, 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	$704 - $1,634	659%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$693 - $1,450	649%
Aetnamajor	$1,535	1437%
Cignamajor	$1,409 - $1,439	1319%
HealthPartners	$704 - $1,439	659%
Medica	$704 - $1,479	659%
Sanford Health Plan	$775 - $815	726%
Security Health Plan	$704 - $1,806	659%
UCare	$704 - $1,188	659%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$106 - $1,553

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 1,335), 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: 72192.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72192.
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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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.