CT Angiogram of the Abdomen 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

$3,599.20

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.

$4,499.00

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.

$186.92 with Ucare vs $4,229.06 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $186.92 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $446.60 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $893.20 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $893.20 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,754.61 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,880.58 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $1,880.58 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,898.58 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,898.58 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,898.58 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,898.58 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,936.82 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $2,177.52 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,474.45 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $3,099.81 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3,551.51 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $3,551.51 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $3,599.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $3,756.67 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $3,909.63 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $3,952.82 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $3,954.62 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $4,049.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,049.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $4,049.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $4,049.10 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4,178.22 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4,178.22 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $4,229.06 ↑ +18%

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CT Angiogram of the Abdomen at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $3,599.20 $186.92 – $4,049.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $2,702.40 $186.92 – $3,040.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $2,570.40 $186.92 – $2,891.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $3,443.20 $186.92 – $3,873.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,702.40 $132.55 – $3,040.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $3,770.40 $135.41 – $4,241.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,851.20 $186.92 – $3,207.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $2,851.20 $186.92 – $3,207.60

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