Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$2,664.80

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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.

$3,331.00

Gross charge

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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.

$806.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,131.14 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

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 $806.44 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $829.56 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,518.94 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,632.19 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,645.51 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,645.51 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,645.51 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,645.51 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,645.51 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,678.82 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,832.05 ↓ -31%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,832.05 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $2,295.06 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $2,598.51 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,629.49 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $2,629.49 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $2,664.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $2,724.76 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,781.39 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $2,894.64 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $2,926.62 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $2,927.95 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $2,997.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,997.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,997.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,997.90 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,093.50 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,093.50 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $3,131.14 ↑ +18%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $2,818.40 $829.56 – $3,170.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,629.60 $577.63 – $2,958.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,516.00 $590.11 – $2,830.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,542.40 $829.56 – $2,860.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $2,542.40 $829.56 – $2,860.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $869.18 $259.78 – $920.97
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,347.14 $301.33 – $1,775.09
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $869.18 $259.78 – $1,977.90

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