Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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

$312.80

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$391.00

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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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$94.66 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $367.54 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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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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 $94.66 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $178.30 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $191.59 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $193.15 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $193.15 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $193.15 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $193.15 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $193.15 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $197.06 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $215.05 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $215.05 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $269.40 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $305.02 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $308.66 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $308.66 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $312.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $319.84 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $326.49 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $339.78 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $343.53 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $343.69 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $351.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $351.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $351.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $351.90 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $363.12 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $363.12 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $367.54 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $312.80 $94.66 – $351.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $312.80 $94.66 – $351.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $312.80 $94.66 – $351.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $312.80 $134.31 – $351.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $312.80 $134.31 – $351.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $121.88 – $134.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $121.88 – $134.70

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