Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$588.00

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.

$735.00

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.

$88.97 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $345.45 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 $88.97 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $167.58 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $180.08 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $181.55 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $181.55 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $181.55 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $181.55 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $181.55 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $185.22 ↓ -69%
Security Health Plan Commercial $202.13 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $202.13 ↓ -66%
Health Partners State Employees $253.21 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $286.69 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $290.10 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $290.10 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $294.00 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $300.62 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $306.86 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $319.36 ↓ -46%
Ucare Commercial $322.89 ↓ -45%
Medica Choice $323.03 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $330.75 ↓ -44%
Multiplan Commercial $330.75 ↓ -44%
Healthez Commercial $330.75 ↓ -44%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $330.75 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $341.30 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $341.30 ↓ -42%
Medica Elect $345.45 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $588.00 $88.97 – $330.75
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $780.00 $45.39 – $168.75
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $481.42 $75.29 – $279.87
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $738.72 $7.22 – $361.59
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $560.00 $48.09 – $126.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $560.00 $48.09 – $126.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,075.90 $7.21 – $12.08
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $676.61 $7.21 – $215.85

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