Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion 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

$564.80

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.

$706.00

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.

$170.92 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $663.64 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 $170.92 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $321.94 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $345.94 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $348.76 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $348.76 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $348.76 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $348.76 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $348.76 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $355.82 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $388.30 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $388.30 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -26%
Health Partners State Employees $486.43 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $550.75 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $557.32 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $557.32 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $564.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $577.51 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $589.51 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $613.51 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $620.29 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $620.57 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $635.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $635.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $635.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $635.40 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $655.66 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $655.66 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $663.64 ↑ +18%

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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $600.80 $181.82 – $675.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $572.80 $287.67 – $644.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $600.80 $181.82 – $675.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $512.00 $219.84 – $576.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $512.00 $219.84 – $576.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $619.78 $114.33 – $484.14
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $224.78 $126.00 – $434.86
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $619.78 $114.33 – $1,000.22

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