88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at Sanford Canby Medical Center

112 St Olaf Ave S, Canby, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1780781054

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

$55.20

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.

$69.00

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.

$16.70 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $64.86 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $16.70 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $31.46 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $33.81 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $34.78 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $37.95 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $37.95 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $47.54 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $53.83 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $54.47 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $54.47 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $55.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $56.44 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $57.62 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $59.96 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $60.62 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $60.65 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $62.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $62.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $62.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $62.10 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $64.08 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $64.08 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $64.86 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $88.80 $26.87 – $99.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $86.40 $26.15 – $97.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $164.00 $1.00 – $184.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $88.80 $26.87 – $99.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $38.21 $19.23 – $110.35
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $38.53 $19.23 – $127.26
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $38.21 $19.23 – $110.35
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $38.53 $19.23 – $127.26

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