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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) 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

$1,017.60

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.

$1,272.00

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.

$111.66 with Ucare vs $1,195.68 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $111.66 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $307.95 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $580.03 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $623.28 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $628.37 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $628.37 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $628.37 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $628.37 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $628.37 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $641.09 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $699.60 ↓ -31%
Security Health Plan Commercial $699.60 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $876.41 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $992.29 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,004.12 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,004.12 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $1,017.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,040.50 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,062.12 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,105.37 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,117.58 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,118.09 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,181.31 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,181.31 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,195.68 ↑ +18%

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $996.80 $111.66 – $1,121.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $420.80 $111.66 – $473.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $779.20 $111.66 – $876.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $745.60 $111.66 – $838.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $724.00 $79.32 – $814.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $905.60 $81.04 – $1,018.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $996.80 $111.66 – $1,121.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $776.80 $111.66 – $873.90

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