Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at Sanford Tracy Hospital

251 5th St E, Tracy, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1003851171

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$504.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$631.00

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.

$152.77 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $593.14 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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $152.77 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $246.09 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $255.37 ↓ -49%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $263.76 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $263.76 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $266.28 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $266.28 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $266.28 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $266.28 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $271.65 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $305.40 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $347.05 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $434.76 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $498.11 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $498.11 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $504.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $516.16 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $526.89 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $548.34 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $554.40 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $554.65 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $567.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $567.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $567.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $567.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $583.80 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $586.01 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $586.01 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $593.14 ↑ +18%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $520.00 $157.37 – $585.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $548.00 $165.84 – $616.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $536.00 $162.21 – $603.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $548.00 $178.29 – $616.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $385.60 $182.15 – $425.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $556.00 $238.73 – $625.50

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