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Ultrasound Scan of Chest Cost in Minnesota
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 98 Minnesota hospitals. CPT 76604. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $282
📉 Low $10.00
📈 High $955
🏥 98 hospitals
🏛️ 68 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $61.11
Hospital comparison — Minnesota
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 98 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | BCBS | UHC | MultiPlan | Medicare | First Health | Aetna | Humana | Cigna |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDRICKS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HENDRICKS |
$10.00 | $95.93 | $86.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL BURNSVILLE |
$21.25 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $42.50 | — | $41.00 | — | — | — |
| LAKEVIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL STILLWATER |
$30.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON |
$30.83 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $41.79 | — | $40.32 | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW LAKES MEDICAL CENTER - WYOMING WYOMING |
$30.83 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $41.79 | — | $40.32 | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL EDINA |
$31.35 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $42.50 | — | $41.00 | — | — | — |
| FAIRVIEW RANGE MEDICAL CENTER HIBBING |
$52.70 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $52.70 | — | $50.84 | — | — | — |
| GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL GRAND RAPIDS |
$52.70 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $52.70 | — | $50.84 | — | — | — |
| NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL ROBBINSDALE |
$54.66 | $19.98 | $26.99 | — | $26.20 | — | $29.22 | $29.35 | $41.91 |
| RAINY LAKE MEDICAL CENTER INTERNATIONAL FALLS |
$56.01 | $15.90 | $31.28 | — | — | — | — | $26.99 | — |
| CENTRACARE - BENSON HOSPITAL BENSON |
$56.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CENTRACARE PAYNESVILLE HOSPITAL PAYNESVILLE |
$58.50 | $44.79 | $45.00 | — | — | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL - WOODBURY WOODBURY |
$59.57 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $42.50 | — | $41.00 | — | — | — |
| RIDGEVIEW SIBLEY MEDICAL CENTER ARLINGTON |
$59.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL MAPLEWOOD |
$60.61 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $42.50 | — | $41.00 | — | — | — |
| RIDGEVIEW MEDICAL CENTER LE SUEUR |
$64.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RIDGEVIEW LESUEUR LE SUEUR |
$64.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH GLENCOE |
$68.21 | $50.24 | $49.11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MILLE LACS HEALTH SYSTEM ONAMIA |
$70.00 | — | $67.86 | — | $67.86 | $100 | $100 | $67.86 | $100 |
| METHODIST HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS PARK |
$78.26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NORTHFIELD HOSPITAL NORTHFIELD |
$81.00 | $174 | $193 | — | — | — | — | — | $130 |
| OLIVIA HOSPITAL & CLINIC OLIVIA |
$90.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONS HOSPITAL ST. PAUL |
$99.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CENTRACARE MELROSE MELROSE |
$109 | $27.00 | $27.00 | — | — | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| CENTRACARE SAUK CENTRE HOSPITAL SAUK CENTRE |
$109 | $41.00 | $41.00 | — | — | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| ASTERA HEALTH MAIN CAMPUS WADENA |
$116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RIVERVIEW HEALTH CROOKSTON |
$122 | $51.20 | $51.20 | — | — | — | — | $27.00 | — |
| MADISON HEALTHCARE MADISON |
$139 | $20.58 | $20.58 | $154 | $51.36 | $159 | $31.97 | $27.00 | — |
| LAKE REGION HEALTHCARE FERGUS FALLS HOSPITAL FERGUS FALLS |
$142 | $29.99 | $26.08 | $54.77 | — | — | $62.59 | $29.99 | — |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MASONIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MINNEAPOLIS |
$165 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $42.38 | — | $40.89 | $33.91 | $32.41 | $27.92 |
| M HEALTH FAIRVIEW CLINIC BETHESDA ST. PAUL |
$178 | $21.06 | $25.27 | $369 | — | $356 | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM RED WING RED WING |
$214 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS LAKE VIEW HOSPITAL TWO HARBORS |
$235 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM NEW PRAGUE NEW PRAGUE |
$240 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL DRIVE MAPLE GROVE |
$258 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLINA HEALTH SURGERY CENTER BROOKLYN PARK BROOKLYN PARK |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SCA HEALTH GREENWAY SURGICAL SUITES . MINNEAPOLIS |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLINA HEALTH SURGERY CENTER LAKEVILLE LAKEVILLE |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SCA HEALTH WESTHEALTH SURGERY CENTER PLYMOUTH |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLINA HEALTH SURGERY CENTER VADNAIS HEIGHTS VADNAIS HEIGHTS |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SCA HEALTH ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE SURGERY CENTER EDINA |
$259 | $91.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CENTRACARE ST CLOUD HOSPITAL SAINT CLOUD |
$260 | $45.00 | $74.30 | — | — | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| HUTCHINSON HEALTH HUTCHINSON |
$276 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKE REGION HEALTHCARE ELBOW LAKE HOSPITAL ELBOW LAKE |
$281 | $29.99 | $26.08 | $54.77 | — | — | $28.98 | $29.99 | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM ST. JAMES ST JAMES |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM CANNON FALLS CANNON FALLS |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM FAIRMONT PO 800 |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM ALBERT LEA ALBERT LEA |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM MANKATO PO BOX 8673 |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM WASECA WASECA |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM LAKE CITY LAKE CITY |
$282 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER SLEEPY EYE |
$286 | $78.11 | $185 | $425 | $33.44 | — | $182 | $182 | $425 |
| ESSENTIA HEALTH ST. MARY'S DETROIT LAKES WASHINGTON AVE. DETROIT LAKES |
$286 | $73.57 | $112 | — | $112 | — | — | — | — |
| CENTRACARE RICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WILLMAR |
$301 | $84.30 | $90.10 | — | — | $88.00 | — | — | — |
| CHI ST FRANCIS HEALTH BRECKENRIDGE |
$307 | $118 | $373 | — | — | — | — | $215 | — |
| CHI ST GABRIELS HOSPITAL LITTLE FALLS |
$313 | $16.89 | $41.08 | $53.46 | — | — | — | $20.26 | — |
| ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA TH ST N VIRGINIA |
$322 | $104 | $104 | — | $104 | — | — | — | — |
| ESSENTIA HEALTH ST. MARY'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ND ST. DULUTH |
$339 | $107 | $107 | — | $107 | — | — | — | — |
| ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH ND ST DULUTH |
$339 | $104 | $104 | — | $104 | — | — | — | — |
| ESSENTIA HEALTH-ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER DULUTH ND ST DULUTH |
$339 | $107 | $107 | — | $107 | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 76604, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $388 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $282 for this?
That is the median of what the 98 Minnesota hospitals above publish for Ultrasound scan of chest — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 76604 in Minnesota, Medicare reimburses about $61.11 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Minnesota range from $10.00 to $955 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 4.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does ultrasound scan of chest cost in Minnesota?
- Cash prices for ultrasound scan of chest (CPT 76604) in Minnesota range from $10.00 to $955, with a median of $282. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest ultrasound scan of chest in Minnesota?
- The cheapest Minnesota hospital published cash price for this procedure is $10.00. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Minnesota facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 76604 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.