Assay of osteocalcin at Sanford Tracy Hospital
251 5th St E, Tracy, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1003851171
$355.20
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.
$444.00
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.
$107.49 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $417.36 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 | $107.49 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $173.16 | ↓ -51% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $185.59 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $185.59 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $187.37 | ↓ -47% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $187.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $187.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $187.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $191.14 | ↓ -46% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $214.90 | ↓ -39% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $244.20 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $305.92 | ↓ -14% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $350.49 | ↓ -1% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $350.49 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $355.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $363.19 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $370.74 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $385.84 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $390.10 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $390.28 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $399.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $399.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $399.60 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $399.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $410.79 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $412.34 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $412.34 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $417.36 | ↑ +18% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of osteocalcin at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $355.20 | $107.49 – $399.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $66.40 | $28.51 – $74.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $66.40 | $28.51 – $74.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $76.90 | $22.00 – $62.44 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $89.71 | $27.14 – $78.68 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $76.90 | $22.00 – $71.79 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $89.71 | $27.14 – $78.68 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $96.88 | $27.79 – $121.07 |