Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$1,044.80

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,306.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

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.

$316.18 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,227.64 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
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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.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $316.18 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $595.54 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $639.94 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $645.16 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $645.16 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $645.16 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $645.16 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $658.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $700.02 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $703.93 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $718.30 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $738.77 ↓ -29%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,030.96 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,030.96 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $1,057.86 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,090.51 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,134.91 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,147.45 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,147.97 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,175.40 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,175.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,175.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,175.40 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,208.31 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,212.88 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,212.88 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,227.64 ↑ +18%

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Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $776.80 $235.08 – $873.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,044.80 $507.57 – $1,175.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $776.80 $235.08 – $873.90
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $518.54 – $725.03
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $738.77 – $738.77

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