Smdc Medical Center
502 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN 55805 Hospital
26%Self-pay discount
26% off list
A typical self-pay discount. Median across the 11,695 prices this hospital publishes, comparing its cash price with its list price for the same item.
Overall cost rating
1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges
Well below average chargesCharges 1.6× its own reported cost, across all services.
- Type
- Mid-size hospital (100 to 399 beds)
- Beds
- 123
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
- Health system
- Essentia Health
- Medicare ID
- 240019
- Cost report
- FY ending 06/30/2025
- Metro area
- Duluth, MN-WI
Cost rating by procedure category
Each rating compares this hospital against every other US hospital that reported the same category. The multiple is what it charges relative to what it told Medicare the service costs it.
| Category | Rating | Markup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery (operating room) cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.4× | |
| Post-surgery recovery cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.1× | |
| Anesthesia 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 9.4× | |
| CT scan 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 13.9× | |
| MRI cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 4.3× | |
| Cardiac catheterisation cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.8× | |
| Lab tests and bloodwork cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.7× | |
| Respiratory therapy cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.5× | |
| Occupational therapy cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.4× | |
| Speech therapy cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 2.0× | |
| EKG and heart monitoring cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 4.4× | |
| EEG brain monitoring 25th to 50th percentile of US hospitals | 2 of 4 dollar signs, below average charges | 4.8× | |
| Implanted devices cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.8× | |
| Drugs given at the facility cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.4× | |
| Inpatient room and board cheapest 25% of US hospitals | 1 of 4 dollar signs, well below average charges | 1.0× |
What this hospital charges a cash payer
Real published prices from this hospital's own federal price transparency file. We list only services coded in HCPCS Level II, which CMS owns, so nothing here is AMA-licensed. Compare these across hospitals.
| Service | Cash | List price |
|---|---|---|
| PSA prostate cancer screening blood test HCPCS G0103 | $117 cash price | $158 26% off |
| Hospital observation care, per hour HCPCS G0378 | $414 cash price | $560 26% off |
| Cefazolin (Ancef) antibiotic injection, 500 mg HCPCS J0690 | $36.95 cash price | $50.00 26% off |
| Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) antibiotic injection, 250 mg HCPCS J0696 | $18.48 cash price | $25.00 26% off |
| Dexamethasone steroid injection, 1 mg HCPCS J1100 | $7.60 cash price | $10.29 26% off |
| Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) injection, 50 mg HCPCS J1200 | $39.26 cash price | $53.13 26% off |
| Gentamicin antibiotic injection, 80 mg HCPCS J1580 | $36.95 cash price | $50.00 26% off |
| Heparin blood thinner injection, 1000 units HCPCS J1644 | $36.95 cash price | $50.00 26% off |
| Ketorolac (Toradol) pain injection, 15 mg HCPCS J1885 | $51.78 cash price | $70.07 26% off |
| Ondansetron (Zofran) anti-nausea injection, 1 mg HCPCS J2405 | $9.44 cash price | $12.78 26% off |
| Fentanyl citrate injection, 0.1 mg HCPCS J3010 | $36.95 cash price | $50.00 26% off |
| One unit of red blood cells for transfusion HCPCS P9016 | $508 cash price | $688 26% off |
Insurance. This facility holds Medicare certification number 240019, so it is Medicare-certified and bills Medicare. Commercial insurer network lists are not yet part of this dataset. Confirm your specific plan with the facility before you book.
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