Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$63.35

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.

$79.18

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.

$19.17 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $74.43 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 $19.17 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $30.88 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $33.10 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $33.10 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $33.41 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $33.41 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $33.41 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $33.41 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $34.09 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $38.32 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.55 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $54.56 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $62.50 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $62.50 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $63.34 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $64.77 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $66.12 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $68.81 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $69.57 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $69.60 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $71.26 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $71.26 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $71.26 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $71.26 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $73.26 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $73.53 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $73.53 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $74.43 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $81.28 $19.30 – $71.75
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $81.12 $19.53 – $72.59
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.51 $19.52 – $72.57
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $49.36 $1.02 – $54.67
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $64.51 $1.00 – $72.57
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $32.22 $1.48 – $2.35
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $37.59 $1.48 – $44.18
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $32.22 $1.48 – $1.95

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