Compare: Essentia Health Sandstone vs Indianhead Medical Ctr

Comparing cash prices at two hospitals on the 174 procedures both publish. Start over ·

Essentia Health Sandstone is cheaper overall — its cash prices run about 18% lower than Indianhead Medical Ctr (median across 174 shared procedures), winning on 122 of them.
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN

73% recommend · ER wait 110 min
cheaper on 122
Indianhead Medical Ctr
Shell Lake, WI

ER wait 106 min · readmit 16.0%
cheaper on 52
ProcedureEssentia Health SandstoneIndianhead Medical CtrMedicare
3D mammogram (tomosynthesis)$65$188$51
Abdominal ultrasound$539$558$100
Abdominal ultrasound (complete)$611$792$114
Abdominal ultrasound (limited)$468$535$86
Basic metabolic panel$174$136$8
Bilirubin blood test$55$28$5
Blood clotting test (PT/INR)$47$60$4
BNP (heart failure) test$205$98$39
Bone density scan (DEXA)$398$501$39
Bone scan (nuclear)$1,225$711$259
Breast ultrasound$399$530$92
Breast ultrasound (complete)$448$560$100
Breast ultrasound (limited)$351$500$84
Cardiac stress test$786$366$39
Carotid artery ultrasound$668$680$156
Chest X-ray$226$274$37
Chest X-ray (1 view)$226$269$25
Chest X-ray (2 views)$231$271$33
Colonoscopy$2,177$2,398$480
Complete blood count (CBC)$119$104$7
Complete blood count (CBC) (complete)$122$140$8
COVID-19 PCR test$134$216$51
CT scan of the abdomen$1,512$1,073$230
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis$2,528$4,376$300
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with and without contrast$2,955$4,391$338
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast$2,528$4,360$300
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis without contrast$2,197$3,196$183
CT scan of the abdomen with and without contrast$1,743$2,592$259
CT scan of the abdomen with contrast$1,512$1,636$230
CT scan of the abdomen without contrast$1,179$1,073$136
CT scan of the arm$1,520$960$199
CT scan of the arm with contrast$1,520$800$199
CT scan of the arm without contrast$1,264$1,440$161
CT scan of the chest$1,559$1,840$167
CT scan of the chest with and without contrast$1,590$1,800$196
CT scan of the chest with contrast$1,559$1,888$167
CT scan of the chest without contrast$1,339$1,840$133
CT scan of the head$1,278$2,440$148
CT scan of the head with and without contrast$1,590$2,440$173
CT scan of the head with contrast$1,298$2,880$148
CT scan of the head without contrast$1,259$2,040$107
CT scan of the leg$1,539$960$166
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine)$1,505$1,106$169
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) with contrast$1,553$1,520$169
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast$1,457$692$130
CT scan of the neck$1,415$1,516$183
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine)$1,435$865$168
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine) with contrast$1,525$1,520$168
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine) without contrast$1,435$779$131
CT scan of the neck with and without contrast$1,485$1,591$220
CT scan of the neck with contrast$1,415$1,916$183
CT scan of the neck without contrast$1,141$1,440$150
CT scan of the pelvis$1,402$1,375$226
CT scan of the pelvis with contrast$1,470$1,888$226
CT scan of the pelvis without contrast$1,335$810$133
CT scan of the sinuses$1,403$1,288$152
CT scan of the sinuses with contrast$1,415$960$152
CT scan of the sinuses without contrast$1,392$2,000$128
Drug screen (urine)$178$316$17
Echocardiogram$1,175$1,036$138
EKG / ECG (tracing only)$196$116$7
Electrocardiogram (EKG)$196$158$8
Emergency department visit$723$651$69
Emergency department visit (level 1)$208$184$11
Emergency department visit (level 2)$336$438$40
Emergency department visit (level 3)$548$686$69
Emergency department visit (level 4)$897$984$118
Emergency department visit (level 5)$1,365$1,280$171
Fecal occult blood (stool) test$59$40$10
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (guaiac, gFOBT)$34$40$4
Ferritin (iron) test$140$72$14
Hematocrit test$47$24$2
Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test)$74$87$10
HPV vaccine$546$288
IUD removal$908$234$112
Kidney scan (nuclear)$1,304$612$172
Kidney ultrasound$526$732$84
Kidney ultrasound (limited)$418$960$61
Leg vein ultrasound (Doppler)$793$560$150
Leg vein ultrasound (Doppler) (limited)$619$560$116
Lipid (cholesterol) panel$109$158$13
Liver function panel$129$55$8
MRA of the brain$2,377$3,514$226
MRA of the neck$2,021$5,468$245
MRA of the neck without contrast$2,765$5,468$343
MRI of the abdomen$2,402$2,640$300
MRI of the abdomen with contrast$2,402$2,640$300
MRI of the abdomen without contrast$2,179$2,376$194
MRI of the ankle$2,226$2,700$261
MRI of the ankle with contrast$2,226$2,120$261
MRI of the ankle without contrast$2,114$2,700$222
MRI of the brain$2,291$2,560$269
MRI of the brain with contrast$2,291$2,520$269
MRI of the brain without contrast$2,170$2,560$195
MRI of the knee$2,569$3,720$315
MRI of the knee without contrast$2,104$3,720$204
MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine)$2,093$3,316$270
MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast$2,093$3,316$192
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine)$2,446$3,080$271
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine) with and without contrast$2,766$3,600$319
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine) without contrast$2,127$3,080$190
MRI of the neck (cervical spine)$2,451$2,858$274
MRI of the neck (cervical spine) with and without contrast$2,785$3,780$318
MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without contrast$2,117$2,391$191
MRI of the pelvis$1,993$2,640$268
MRI of the pelvis with contrast$1,870$2,400$268
MRI of the pelvis without contrast$2,116$2,640$227
MRI of the shoulder$2,313$2,960$313
MRI of the shoulder with contrast$2,313$2,960$313
MRI of the shoulder without contrast$2,144$3,520$205
MRI of the wrist$2,390$2,040$330
MRI of the wrist with contrast$2,390$2,120$330
MRI of the wrist without contrast$2,135$1,960$303
Nuclear cardiac stress test$2,837$1,794$428
Office visit (established patient)$148$311$115
Office visit (new patient)$183$592$177
Office visit, established patient (level 3)$132$272$95
Office visit, established patient (level 4)$151$350$136
Office visit, new patient (level 3)$117$344$118
Office visit, new patient (level 4)$183$592$177
Office visit, new patient (level 5)$242$664$237
Pap smear (cervical screening)$92$192$20
Pelvic ultrasound$339$790$78
Pelvic ultrasound (complete)$489$920$105
Pelvic ultrasound (limited)$339$660$51
Pneumonia vaccine$177$104
Prostate test (PSA)$111$93$18
Scoliosis spine X-ray$294$276$58
Scoliosis spine X-ray (1 view)$239$276$44
Screening mammogram$338$368$126
Scrotal ultrasound$481$520$99
Sedimentation rate (ESR) test$44$40$3
Sleep study (polysomnography)$3,722$3,640$691
Strep throat test$69$69$17
Stress echocardiogram$1,175$1,076$209
Thyroid test (TSH)$68$172$17
Thyroid ultrasound$474$784$109
Transvaginal ultrasound$418$1,040$118
Upper GI endoscopy (EGD)$2,287$1,660$371
Uric acid (gout) test$50$25$5
Urinalysis$47$37$3
Vaccine administration$52$17$19
X-ray of the abdomen$275$332$36
X-ray of the ankle$235$372$37
X-ray of the collarbone$205$332$33
X-ray of the elbow$239$352$33
X-ray of the foot$222$360$34
X-ray of the forearm$207$356$29
X-ray of the hand$220$360$38
X-ray of the hip$258$586$49
X-ray of the hip (1 view)$240$267$34
X-ray of the hip (3 views)$276$592$49
X-ray of the knee$248$332$42
X-ray of the knee (2 views)$231$236$34
X-ray of the knee (3 views)$248$368$42
X-ray of the knee (4+ views)$282$372$49
X-ray of the lower back (lumbar spine)$266$352$47
X-ray of the lower back (lumbar spine) (2 views)$266$335$40
X-ray of the lower back (lumbar spine) (4+ views)$344$470$53
X-ray of the lower leg$228$262$31
X-ray of the mid-back (thoracic spine)$284$405$36
X-ray of the mid-back (thoracic spine) (2 views)$261$318$33
X-ray of the mid-back (thoracic spine) (3 views)$307$492$39
X-ray of the neck (cervical spine)$248$660$47
X-ray of the neck (cervical spine) (3 views)$248$440$40
X-ray of the pelvis$255$329$36
X-ray of the pelvis (1 view)$228$309$28
X-ray of the ribs$233$440$42
X-ray of the ribs (2 views)$214$456$36
X-ray of the ribs (3 views)$299$440$42
X-ray of the shoulder$239$332$36
X-ray of the skull$235$320$40
X-ray of the upper arm$228$260$32
X-ray of the wrist$234$368$43

Green = lower cash price. Source: hospitals' machine-readable files (45 CFR §180). Estimates — confirm with the hospital.