Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at Sanford Tracy Hospital
251 5th St E, Tracy, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1003851171
$771.20
Cash price 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.
$964.00
Gross charge 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.
$135.35 with Ucare vs $829.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $135.35 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $213.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $343.98 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $368.68 | ↓ -52% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $368.68 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $372.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $372.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $372.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $372.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $379.70 | ↓ -51% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $426.89 | ↓ -45% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $485.10 | ↓ -37% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $607.70 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $696.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $696.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $705.60 | ↓ -9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $721.48 | ↓ -6% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $736.47 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $766.46 | ↓ -1% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $774.93 | ↑ +0% |
| Medica | Choice | $775.28 | ↑ +1% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $793.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $793.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $793.80 | ↑ +3% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $793.80 | ↑ +3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $816.03 | ↑ +6% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $819.11 | ↑ +6% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $819.11 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Elect | $829.08 | ↑ +8% |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries limited bilateral at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $540.80 | $133.64 – $496.80 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $771.20 | $135.35 – $793.80 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $507.20 | $135.35 – $570.60 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $500.80 | $135.35 – $563.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $735.20 | $135.35 – $627.30 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $761.60 | $92.16 – $559.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,043.20 | $94.15 – $593.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $432.80 | $135.35 – $486.90 |