Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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

$60.14

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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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$75.17

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.

$18.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $70.66 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

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 $18.20 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $29.32 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $31.42 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $31.42 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $31.72 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $31.72 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $31.72 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $31.72 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $32.36 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $36.38 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.34 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $51.79 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $59.34 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $59.34 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $60.14 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $61.49 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $62.77 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $65.32 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $66.04 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $66.07 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $67.65 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $67.65 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $67.65 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $67.65 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $69.55 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $69.81 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $69.81 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $70.66 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.67 $18.96 – $70.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $60.84 $18.25 – $67.84
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.24 $14.62 – $54.36
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $24.82 $7.35 – $27.34
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $60.38 $18.24 – $67.82
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $71.60 $13.68 – $27.37
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $60.56 $29.20 – $67.78
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $112.66 $14.93 – $39.11

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