Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$684.80

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.

$856.00

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.

$207.24 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $804.64 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
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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 $207.24 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $390.34 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $419.44 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $422.86 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $422.86 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $422.86 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $422.86 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $422.86 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $431.42 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $470.80 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $470.80 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $589.78 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $667.77 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $675.73 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $675.73 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $684.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $700.21 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $714.76 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $743.86 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $752.08 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $752.42 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $770.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $770.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $770.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $770.40 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $794.97 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $794.97 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $804.64 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $756.00 $228.78 – $850.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $741.60 $224.43 – $834.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $503.20 $152.28 – $566.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $638.40 $193.20 – $718.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $741.60 $1.02 – $834.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $656.00 $1.00 – $738.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $756.00 $228.78 – $850.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $607.20 $260.72 – $683.10

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