Test stress cardiovascular tracing only 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

$1,175.20

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.

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.

$1,469.00

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.

$326.96 with Ucare vs $1,380.86 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $326.96 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $355.64 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $669.86 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $719.81 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $725.69 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $725.69 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $725.69 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $725.69 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $740.38 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $787.38 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $791.79 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $807.95 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,159.63 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,159.63 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $1,189.89 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,226.62 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,276.56 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,290.66 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,291.25 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,322.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,322.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,322.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,322.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,359.12 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,364.26 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,364.26 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,380.86 ↑ +18%

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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $900.80 $272.60 – $1,013.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,112.80 $326.96 – $1,251.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $824.80 $249.61 – $927.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,016.00 $307.47 – $1,143.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,175.20 $226.44 – $1,322.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,184.00 $231.33 – $1,332.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,112.80 $326.96 – $1,251.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $440.00 $188.93 – $495.00

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