Mayo thyroglobulin 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

$116.80

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.

$146.00

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.

$13.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $53.58 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 $13.80 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $25.99 ↓ -78%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $27.93 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $28.16 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $28.16 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $28.16 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $28.16 ↓ -76%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $28.16 ↓ -76%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $28.73 ↓ -75%
Security Health Plan Commercial $31.35 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $31.35 ↓ -73%
Health Partners State Employees $39.27 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $44.47 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $45.00 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $45.00 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Commercial $45.60 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $46.63 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $47.60 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $49.53 ↓ -58%
Ucare Commercial $50.08 ↓ -57%
Medica Choice $50.10 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial $51.30 ↓ -56%
Multiplan Commercial $51.30 ↓ -56%
Healthez Commercial $51.30 ↓ -56%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $51.30 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $52.94 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $52.94 ↓ -55%
Medica Elect $53.58 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo thyroglobulin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $228.00 $13.80 – $51.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $120.80 $13.80 – $51.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $146.40 $13.80 – $51.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $228.00 $13.80 – $51.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $188.00 $19.58 – $51.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $188.00 $19.58 – $51.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $315.50 $14.95 – $62.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $386.51 $14.95 – $78.68

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