Ammonia 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

$251.20

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.

$314.00

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.

$11.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $45.12 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 $11.62 ↓ -95%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $21.89 ↓ -91%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $23.52 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $23.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $23.71 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $23.71 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $23.71 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $23.71 ↓ -91%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $24.19 ↓ -90%
Security Health Plan Commercial $26.40 ↓ -89%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $26.40 ↓ -89%
Health Partners State Employees $33.07 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $37.44 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $37.89 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $37.89 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Commercial $38.40 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $39.26 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $40.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $41.71 ↓ -83%
Ucare Commercial $42.17 ↓ -83%
Medica Choice $42.19 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $43.20 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Commercial $43.20 ↓ -83%
Healthez Commercial $43.20 ↓ -83%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $43.20 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $44.58 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $44.58 ↓ -82%
Medica Elect $45.12 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ammonia at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $175.20 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $97.60 $11.38 – $42.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $79.20 $23.97 – $89.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $175.20 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $70.40 $16.49 – $43.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $70.40 $16.49 – $43.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $32.02 $13.57 – $41.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $34.27 $13.57 – $51.68

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