Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 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

$746.40

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.

$933.00

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.

$225.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $877.02 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 $225.88 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $363.87 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $389.99 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $389.99 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $393.73 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $393.73 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $393.73 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $393.73 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $401.66 ↓ -46%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -44%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $451.57 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $513.15 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $642.84 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $736.51 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $736.51 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $746.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $763.19 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $779.06 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $810.78 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $819.73 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $820.11 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $839.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $839.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $839.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $839.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $863.21 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $866.48 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $866.48 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $877.02 ↑ +18%

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $994.40 $300.93 – $1,118.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $746.40 $225.88 – $839.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $884.80 $267.76 – $995.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $887.20 $268.49 – $998.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $642.40 $194.41 – $722.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $884.80 $287.67 – $995.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $674.40 $293.89 – $758.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $825.60 $354.49 – $928.80

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