Ctrl nosebld postir subsq 30906 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

$425.60

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.

$532.00

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.

$128.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $500.08 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 $128.80 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $207.48 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $222.38 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $222.38 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $224.50 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $224.50 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $224.50 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $224.50 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $229.03 ↓ -46%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $243.83 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $257.49 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $292.60 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $366.55 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $419.96 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $419.96 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $425.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $435.18 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $444.22 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $462.31 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $467.42 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $467.63 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $478.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $478.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $478.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $478.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $492.21 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $494.07 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $494.07 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $500.08 ↑ +18%

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Ctrl nosebld postir subsq 30906 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $425.60 $128.80 – $478.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $496.00 $150.10 – $558.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $449.60 $136.06 – $505.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $496.00 $176.23 – $558.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $334.90 $115.19 – $296.39
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $334.90 $115.19 – $581.36
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $334.90 $115.19 – $282.07
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $243.83 – $243.83

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