Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at Sanford Bagley Medical Center

203 4th Street NW, Bagley, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1932472255

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$148.25

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$185.31

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$25.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $97.39 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $25.08 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $47.25 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $50.77 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $51.18 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $51.18 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $51.18 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $51.18 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $52.22 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $55.53 ↓ -63%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $55.85 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan Commercial $56.99 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $81.79 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $81.79 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Commercial $83.92 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $86.51 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial $90.04 ↓ -39%
Ucare Commercial $91.03 ↓ -39%
Medica Choice $91.07 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial $93.25 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $93.25 ↓ -37%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $93.25 ↓ -37%
Healthez Commercial $93.25 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $95.86 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $96.22 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $96.22 ↓ -35%
Medica Elect $97.39 ↓ -34%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $374.36 $27.65 – $102.79
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $78.41 $23.73 – $88.21
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $70.96 $21.26 – $79.02
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $91.35 $23.42 – $87.05
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $83.09 $1.02 – $73.49
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $91.20 $1.00 – $102.06
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $77.07 $22.81 – $84.81
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $82.68 $29.15 – $76.38

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