Chest X-ray, 2 views at Essentia Health-Sandstone. CPT 71046.
What Essentia Health-Sandstone publishes for this service, straight from its standard-charges file, last updated January 1, 2026.
Outpatient / ER
$231cash price (self-pay)
$313list price
$87.61–$313range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| Primewest | Medicaid | $87.61 |
| Itasca Med Care | Medicaid | $88.05 |
| BCBS MN | Medicaid | $120 |
| BLUE PLUS PMAP PCC PRIME | Medicaid | $120 |
| Medica Access | Medicaid | $125 |
| HealthPartners CARE PMAP | Medicaid | $126 |
| Sanford HealthPlan | Commercial-NDPERS | $134 |
| Sanford HealthPlan | Commercial | $141 |
| Advocare/Security Health | Medicare | $147 |
| BLUE CROSS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CORE | Medicare | $147 |
| Freedom Blue PPO | Medicare | $147 |
| HEALTHPARTNERS CARE MSHO / MCR ADV | Medicare | $147 |
| IMCARE MSHO PCC PRIME | Medicare | $147 |
| IMCARE MSHO REF REQ | Medicare | $147 |
| MEDICA ADVANTAGE SOLUTIONS | Medicare | $147 |
| MEDICA MSHO/Dual Solutions | Medicare | $147 |
| MEDICA PRIME SOLUTION GROUP | Medicare | $147 |
| MEDICARE ADV PFFS | Medicare | $147 |
| ND VA ADMINISTRATION | Medicare | $147 |
| OUT OF STATE BCBS MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | Medicare | $147 |
| PRIMEWEST MSHO | Medicare | $147 |
| Platinum Blue/Vantage Blue | Medicare | $147 |
| SECURE BLUE MSHO | Medicare | $147 |
| SECURITY HEALTH MEDICARE | Medicare | $147 |
| UBH COST PLAN | Medicare | $147 |
| HealthPartners | SHP | $212 |
| BCBS Mn | Shp | $218 |
| Medica Uplan | Commercial | $224 |
| Medica | Commercial-FI | $224 |
| Medica | Commercial-SI | $236 |
Inpatient
$231cash price (self-pay)
$313list price
$126–$313range insurers pay
| Insurance plan | Negotiated rate |
|---|---|
| HealthPartners CARE PMAP | Medicaid | $126 |
| Sanford HealthPlan | Commercial-NDPERS | $134 |
| Sanford HealthPlan | Commercial | $141 |
| BCBS MN | Medicaid | $172 |
| BLUE PLUS PMAP PCC PRIME | Medicaid | $172 |
| Medica Access | Medicaid | $195 |
| Ucare | Commercial | $206 |
| BCBS Mn | Shp | $207 |
| HealthPartners | SHP | $217 |
| MN BCBS Commercial | BCBS MN | $219 |
| Medica Uplan | Commercial | $224 |
| Medica | Commercial-FI | $224 |
| WEA | Commercial-Narrow Network | $225 |
| Medica | Commercial-SI | $236 |
| BCBS WI | Commercial | $241 |
| WEA | Commercial | $241 |
| America's PPO | Commercial | $243 |
| Medica | IFB ACO | $249 |
| Cigna | Commercial | $249 |
| HealthPartners PCC Prime | Commercial | $249 |
| HealthPartners | Commercial | $249 |
| Medica Choice | Commercial | $256 |
| WPS | Commercial | $260 |
| Aetna First Health | Commercial | $266 |
| UHC | Commercial | $285 |
| UMR | Commercial | $285 |
| Security Health | Commercial | $313 |
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