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Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN 55072 · Critical Access Hospitals · CMS CCN 241309 · price file parsed Oct 2026
Address: 705 Lundorff Drive South, Sandstone, MN 55072 · Phone: (218) 786-1367 (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
| Service | Facility cash | Negotiated median (all carriers in file) |
|---|---|---|
| Brain MRI w/o contrast · CPT 70551 | $2,169.70 | $1,984.74 |
| Lumbar spine MRI w/o contrast · CPT 72148 | $2,092.85 | $1,914.43 |
| Knee/joint MRI w/o contrast · CPT 73721 | $2,103.93 | $1,338.09 |
| Diagnostic colonoscopy · CPT 45378 | $2,089.15 | $1,911.05 |
| ER visit, moderate (level 3) · CPT 99283 | $548.34 | $501.59 |
| ER visit, high (level 4) · CPT 99284 | $897.15 | $820.66 |
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 Ada (Ada), Essentia Health Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville), Essentia Health Northern Pines Medical Center (Aurora), Essentia Health Moose Lake (Moose Lake), Essentia Health Fosston (Fosston), Essentia Health Deer River (Deer River). The hospitals publish separate price files, so this looks like a shared health-system cash schedule rather than a data error.
All-in estimate
| Service | Facility cash | Professional fee range | All-in range | Source · confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain MRI w/o contrast · 70551 | $2,170 | Radiologist read: $66–$199 | $2,236–$2,369 | ESTIMATE low |
| Lumbar spine MRI w/o contrast · 72148 | $2,093 | Radiologist read: $67–$201 | $2,160–$2,294 | ESTIMATE low |
| Knee/joint MRI w/o contrast · 73721 | $2,104 | Radiologist read: $62–$185 | $2,166–$2,289 | ESTIMATE low |
| Diagnostic colonoscopy · 45378 | $2,089 | Gastroenterologist: $156–$469 | $2,245–$2,558 | ESTIMATE low |
| ER visit, moderate (level 3) · 99283 | $548 | ER physician: $65–$195 | $613–$743 | ESTIMATE low |
| ER visit, high (level 4) · 99284 | $897 | ER physician: $110–$331 | $1,008–$1,228 | ESTIMATE 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 often does not publish overall star ratings for critical access hospitals because of low patient volumes. No substitute score is shown.
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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Nearby options
Other hospitals we cover in the Central region (MDH Health Care Coalition region, by CMS county), closest first by straight-line distance. Open each page for its posted prices.
- Welia Health · Mora · about 26 mi · cash posted for 5 of 6 tracked services
- Mille Lacs Health System · Onamia · about 37 mi · cash posted for 4 of 6 tracked services
- Cambridge Medical Center · Cambridge · about 42 mi · cash posted for 5 of 6 tracked services
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Doctors practicing in Sandstone
Browse 2 physicians with a Sandstone, MN practice address →
From the federal NPPES registry, filtered by city only. This is not a list of doctors at this hospital — NPPES does not record hospital affiliations. Check the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice flags on each result.
What to ask billing
- “What’s the CPT code, and is contrast included?”
- “Will the physician or radiologist bill separately? Are they in-network?”
- “Can I get a Good Faith Estimate in writing?”
- “Do I qualify for financial assistance?”
Nearby city guides in Central Minnesota
Brainerd, MN · Little Falls, MN · Monticello, MN · Mora, MN · St. Cloud, MN
Compare these prices statewide
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).
- MRI across Minnesota ($223–$3,813 at 119 hospitals)
- CT scan across Minnesota ($114–$4,667 at 119 hospitals)
- Ultrasound across Minnesota ($72–$1,179 at 118 hospitals)
- ER visit across Minnesota ($119–$1,459 at 116 hospitals)
- Colonoscopy across Minnesota ($178–$3,918 at 85 hospitals)