Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection 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

$126.21

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.

$157.76

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.

$18.28 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $70.98 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 $18.28 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $29.45 ↓ -77%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $31.56 ↓ -75%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $31.56 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -75%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $31.87 ↓ -75%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $32.51 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $36.55 ↓ -71%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.53 ↓ -67%
Health Partners State Employees $52.03 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $59.61 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $59.61 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Commercial $60.41 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $61.77 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $65.62 ↓ -48%
Ucare Commercial $66.34 ↓ -47%
Medica Choice $66.37 ↓ -47%
Healthez Commercial $67.96 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial $67.96 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Commercial $67.96 ↓ -46%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $67.96 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $69.86 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $70.13 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $70.13 ↓ -44%
Medica Elect $70.98 ↓ -44%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ceftriaxone 1 gram solution for injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $178.14 $18.43 – $68.53
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $178.09 $18.31 – $68.08
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $54.56 $14.89 – $55.36
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $91.97 $7.44 – $27.67
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $227.10 $18.43 – $68.53
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $59.51 $1.02 – $50.88
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $163.19 $1.00 – $68.09
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $38.05 $15.03 – $39.38

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