Clsd tx trimall ankle fx w/manip 27818 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

$1,530.40

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.

$1,913.00

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.

$463.14 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,798.22 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 $463.14 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $746.07 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $799.63 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $799.63 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $807.29 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $807.29 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $807.29 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $807.29 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $823.55 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $925.89 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,052.15 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,318.06 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,510.12 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,510.12 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $1,530.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,564.83 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,597.36 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,662.40 ↑ +9%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,680.43 ↑ +10%
Ucare Commercial $1,680.76 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,681.53 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,721.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,721.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,721.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,721.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,769.91 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,776.60 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,776.60 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,798.22 ↑ +18%

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Clsd tx trimall ankle fx w/manip 27818 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,793.60 $542.79 – $2,017.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,530.40 $463.14 – $1,721.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,052.00 $318.36 – $1,183.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,368.00 $413.99 – $1,539.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,046.40 $316.67 – $1,177.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,052.00 $599.25 – $1,649.17
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,098.40 $532.31 – $1,649.17
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,704.80 $732.00 – $1,917.90

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