Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe 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

$120.80

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.

$151.00

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.

$15.49 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $60.16 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 $15.49 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $29.18 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $31.36 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $31.62 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $31.62 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $31.62 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $31.62 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $31.62 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $32.26 ↓ -73%
Security Health Plan Commercial $35.20 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $35.20 ↓ -71%
Health Partners State Employees $44.10 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $49.93 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $50.52 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $50.52 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Commercial $51.20 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $52.35 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $53.44 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $55.62 ↓ -54%
Ucare Commercial $56.23 ↓ -53%
Medica Choice $56.26 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $57.60 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Commercial $57.60 ↓ -52%
Healthez Commercial $57.60 ↓ -52%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $57.60 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $59.44 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $59.44 ↓ -51%
Medica Elect $60.16 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $373.60 $23.00 – $85.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $127.20 $26.15 – $97.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $158.40 $26.15 – $97.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $373.60 $23.00 – $85.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $304.00 $37.10 – $97.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $304.00 $37.10 – $97.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,228.03 $16.78 – $50.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,098.16 $20.71 – $60.01

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