Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at Sanford Canby Medical Center
112 St Olaf Ave S, Canby, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1780781054
$188.00
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.
$235.00
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.
$28.81 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $111.86 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 | $28.81 | ↓ -85% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $54.26 | ↓ -71% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $58.31 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $58.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $58.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $58.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $58.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $58.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $59.98 | ↓ -68% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $62.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $65.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $65.45 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $81.99 | ↓ -56% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $92.83 | ↓ -51% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $93.94 | ↓ -50% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $93.94 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $95.20 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $97.34 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $99.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $103.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $104.55 | ↓ -44% |
| Medica | Choice | $104.60 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $107.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $107.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $107.10 | ↓ -43% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $107.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $110.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $110.52 | ↓ -41% |
| Medica | Elect | $111.86 | ↓ -41% |
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Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $190.40 | $57.62 – $214.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $178.40 | $53.99 – $200.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $185.60 | $56.17 – $208.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $187.20 | $56.65 – $210.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $178.40 | $44.13 – $200.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $192.80 | $45.08 – $216.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $190.40 | $57.62 – $214.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $172.00 | $62.37 – $193.50 |