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Essentia Health Duluth

Duluth, MN 55805 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS CCN 240019 · price file parsed Oct 2026

Address: 502 East Second Street, Duluth, MN 55805 · Phone: (218) 786-2652 (CMS Hospital General Information)

Hospital price file date: Jan 1, 2026 (the “last updated” date stated in the hospital’s own machine-readable price file).

Facility prices from the hospital’s price file

Facility prices from the hospital’s price file
ServiceFacility cashNegotiated median (all carriers in file)
Brain MRI w/o contrast · CPT 70551$1,938.42$1,323.86
Lumbar spine MRI w/o contrast · CPT 72148$1,869.12$1,276.53
Knee/joint MRI w/o contrast · CPT 73721$1,918.62$1,310.33
Diagnostic colonoscopy · CPT 45378$1,865.82$1,563.33
ER visit, moderate (level 3) · CPT 99283$496.98$416.41
ER visit, high (level 4) · CPT 99284$812.46$680.74

Facility fee only, from this hospital’s posted standard-charges file (source). Insurers seen in the file: Blue Cross (BCBS), HealthPartners, Medica, UCare. We don’t yet show per-insurer prices.

Note: all 16 tracked facility cash prices on this page are identical to those posted by Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center (Duluth). The hospitals publish separate price files, so this looks like a shared health-system cash schedule rather than a data error.

All-in estimate

Facility fee · from price file (above)see table
All-in estimate
ServiceFacility cashProfessional fee rangeAll-in rangeSource · confidence
Brain MRI w/o contrast · 70551$1,938Radiologist read: $66–$199$2,005–$2,138ESTIMATE low
Lumbar spine MRI w/o contrast · 72148$1,869Radiologist read: $67–$201$1,936–$2,070ESTIMATE low
Knee/joint MRI w/o contrast · 73721$1,919Radiologist read: $62–$185$1,980–$2,103ESTIMATE low
Diagnostic colonoscopy · 45378$1,866Gastroenterologist: $156–$469$2,022–$2,335ESTIMATE low
ER visit, moderate (level 3) · 99283$497ER physician: $65–$195$562–$692ESTIMATE low
ER visit, high (level 4) · 99284$812ER physician: $110–$331$923–$1,144ESTIMATE low

All-in range = facility cash price + professional (doctor) fee range. “from file” = 10th–90th percentile of the professional rates this hospital posts in its own price file. “ESTIMATE” = no professional rates in the hospital file; range is roughly Medicare’s physician fee for Minnesota up to 3×, not this hospital’s bill. Facility price = hospital-fee rows only (no “professional” billing class, no modifier 26; where a hospital labels every row professional, the technical/global non-26 rate is used). Re-extracted Oct 30, 2026. Anesthesia, pathology, and contrast are not in this table; for colonoscopy see the statewide colonoscopy page, which adds anesthesia (ESTIMATE) and pathology (only if a biopsy is taken, FROM FILE or ESTIMATE). Your actual bill depends on your plan and the physician group — ask for a Good Faith Estimate. How we estimate

Safety card

CMS overall starsNot available
MN adverse events (MDH 2024–25)Listed in MDH 2024–25 Adverse Health Events report (see report for event types)
Leapfrog safety gradeNot listed by Leapfrog
Emergency departmentNo · CMS Hospital General Information (Oct 2026) · How to read these ratings
Price-posting gradeA

Price-posting grade is a draft heuristic: A = cash for 6 of 6 tracked services, B = 4–5, C = fewer. This file: 6 of 6.

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Doctors practicing in Duluth

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What to ask billing

  1. “What’s the CPT code, and is contrast included?”
  2. “Will the physician or radiologist bill separately? Are they in-network?”
  3. “Can I get a Good Faith Estimate in writing?”
  4. “Do I qualify for financial assistance?”

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Procedures with a posted cash price at this hospital. Ranges are the lowest to highest posted facility cash price statewide (Oct 2026 price files; facility fee only).