Ghs chemo >8 hrs 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

$881.60

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.

$1,102.00

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.

$266.79 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,035.88 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 $266.79 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Commercial $308.80 ↓ -65%
Health Partners State Employees $308.80 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $348.27 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $429.78 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $460.64 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $460.64 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $465.04 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $465.04 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $465.04 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $465.04 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $474.41 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $533.37 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $606.10 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $869.92 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $869.92 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $901.44 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $920.17 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $957.64 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $968.22 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $968.66 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $991.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $991.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $991.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $991.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,019.57 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,023.43 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,023.43 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,035.88 ↑ +18%

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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $881.60 $266.79 – $991.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $805.60 $243.79 – $906.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $436.00 $244.33 – $490.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $560.00 $249.61 – $630.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $969.60 $308.80 – $1,090.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $969.60 $308.80 – $1,090.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $346.46 $314.70 – $694.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $261.13 $299.70 – $849.91

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