Exc back tum deep 5 cm/> 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

$6,620.00

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.

$8,275.00

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.

$2,003.38 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $7,778.50 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 $2,003.38 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,005.15 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $3,773.40 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $4,054.75 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $4,087.85 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $4,087.85 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $4,087.85 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $4,087.85 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $4,087.85 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $4,170.60 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $4,551.25 ↓ -31%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4,551.25 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $5,701.48 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $6,455.33 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $6,532.29 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $6,532.29 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $6,620.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $6,768.95 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $6,909.63 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $7,190.98 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $7,270.42 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $7,273.73 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $7,447.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $7,447.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $7,447.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $7,447.50 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $7,684.99 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $7,684.99 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $7,778.50 ↑ +18%

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Exc back tum deep 5 cm/> at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $5,614.40 $2,049.94 – $6,316.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $2,094.23 – $2,949.26
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15

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