Osmolality urine 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

$52.80

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.

$66.00

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.

$5.33 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $20.68 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $5.33 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $10.03 ↓ -81%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $10.78 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $10.87 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $10.87 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $10.87 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $10.87 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $10.87 ↓ -79%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $11.09 ↓ -79%
Security Health Plan Commercial $12.10 ↓ -77%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $12.10 ↓ -77%
Health Partners State Employees $15.16 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $17.16 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $17.37 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $17.37 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Commercial $17.60 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $18.00 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $18.37 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $19.12 ↓ -64%
Ucare Commercial $19.33 ↓ -63%
Medica Choice $19.34 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $19.80 ↓ -63%
Multiplan Commercial $19.80 ↓ -63%
Healthez Commercial $19.80 ↓ -63%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $19.80 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $20.43 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $20.43 ↓ -61%
Medica Elect $20.68 ↓ -61%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Osmolality urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $128.00 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $50.40 $5.08 – $18.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $46.40 $14.04 – $52.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $128.00 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $80.80 $7.56 – $19.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $80.80 $7.56 – $19.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $61.06 $6.35 – $24.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $64.51 $6.35 – $30.25

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