Ext ecg>48hr<7d scan a/r at Sanford Canby Medical Center
112 St Olaf Ave S, Canby, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1780781054
$396.80
Cash price 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.
$496.00
Gross charge 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.
$120.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $466.24 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $120.08 | ↓ -70% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $135.35 | ↓ -66% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $226.18 | ↓ -43% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $243.04 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $245.02 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $245.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $245.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $245.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $245.02 | ↓ -38% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $249.98 | ↓ -37% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $272.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $272.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $341.74 | ↓ -14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $386.93 | ↓ -2% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $391.54 | ↓ -1% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $391.54 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $396.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $405.73 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $414.16 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $431.02 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $435.79 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $435.98 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $446.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $446.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $446.40 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $446.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $460.64 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $460.64 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $466.24 | ↑ +18% |
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Ext ecg>48hr<7d scan a/r at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $421.60 | $92.16 – $474.30 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $345.60 | $57.08 – $162.05 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $479.53 | $70.44 – $631.86 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $345.60 | $57.08 – $322.71 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $479.53 | $70.44 – $631.86 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $345.60 | $57.08 – $158.45 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $479.53 | $70.44 – $579.69 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $479.53 | $70.44 – $579.69 |