Exc benign snhfg 3.1-4.0cm 11424 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

$3,394.40

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.

$4,243.00

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.

$1,027.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,988.42 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 $1,027.23 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,701.25 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,934.81 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2,079.07 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2,096.04 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2,096.04 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2,096.04 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2,096.04 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2,096.04 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,138.47 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $2,333.65 ↓ -31%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,333.65 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $2,923.43 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,309.96 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3,349.42 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $3,349.42 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $3,394.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $3,470.77 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $3,542.91 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,687.17 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $3,727.90 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $3,729.60 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,818.70 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,940.47 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,940.47 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $3,988.42 ↑ +18%

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Exc benign snhfg 3.1-4.0cm 11424 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,982.40 $1,169.64 – $3,355.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $1,194.92 – $1,669.61
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $1,701.25 – $1,701.25

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