Carotid ultrasound cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for carotid artery ultrasound (duplex), both sides of the neck: from $825.79 to $1,073.92, with a median of $925.83. The lowest listed price is at Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital — $100.04 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $828.08 at 26 hospitals.
- The median here, $925.83, is 5% above the US median of $884.70.
- That is 3.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($243.77).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 93880, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital lowest Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Carotid Duplex Scan File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $825.79 | $1,518.00 | — | 46% |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely, MN · (218) 365-3271 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $925.83 | $1,143.00 | $390.79–$1,143.00 | 19% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 CAROTID COLOR DOPPLER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,073.92 | $1,678.00 | $184.50–$1,678.00 | 36% |
| Range Regional Health Services both sides Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC DUPLEX SCAN EXTRACRANIAL, COMPLETE BILATERAL File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file | $403.33 | $949.00 | $227.36–$1,670.18 | 57% |
| Essentia Health Virginia both sides Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $732.25 | $1,166.00 | $268.18–$1,054.06 | 37% |
| The Cook Hospital both sides Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 US carotid duplex BI File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $757.02 | $1,147.00 | — | 34% |
| Essentia Health Duluth both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $769.56 | $1,166.00 | $385.95–$1,002.76 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $769.56 | $1,166.00 | $385.95–$1,002.76 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital both sides Duluth, MN CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $769.56 | $1,166.00 | $385.95–$1,002.76 | 34% |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake both sides Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $861.67 | $1,166.00 | $464.07–$1,055.23 | 26% |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior both sides Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $861.67 | $1,166.00 | $373.12–$1,055.23 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines both sides Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 CV CAROTID IMAGING-BILAT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $861.67 | $1,166.00 | $447.63–$1,166.00 | 26% |
Outpatient: lowest $825.79, median $925.83, highest $1,073.92 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $403.33, median $769.56, highest $861.67 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $949.86. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What carotid ultrasound is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Carotid ultrasound explained.