Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$65.45

Cash price

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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.

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$81.81

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.

$15.95 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $61.94 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
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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 $15.95 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $30.05 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $32.29 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $32.55 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $32.55 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $32.55 ↓ -50%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $32.55 ↓ -50%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $33.21 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $35.32 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $35.51 ↓ -46%
Security Health Plan Commercial $36.24 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $52.01 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $52.01 ↓ -21%
Health Partners Commercial $53.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $55.02 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $57.26 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $57.89 ↓ -12%
Medica Choice $57.92 ↓ -12%
Multiplan Commercial $59.30 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial $59.30 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $59.30 ↓ -9%
Healthez Commercial $59.30 ↓ -9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $60.96 ↓ -7%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $61.19 ↓ -7%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $61.19 ↓ -7%
Medica Elect $61.94 ↓ -5%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $73.76 $21.22 – $78.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $73.56 $19.30 – $71.74
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $39.23 $10.66 – $39.62
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $76.19 $21.18 – $78.73
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $61.14 $1.02 – $68.78
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $95.08 $1.00 – $79.57
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $77.67 $22.40 – $83.27
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $106.10 $16.46 – $43.12

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