Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe trichomonas vaginalis 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

$137.60

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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$172.00

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.

$41.64 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $161.68 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 $41.64 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $67.08 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $71.90 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $71.90 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $72.58 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $72.58 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $72.58 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $72.58 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $74.05 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $83.25 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $94.60 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $118.51 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $135.78 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $135.78 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $137.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $140.70 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $143.62 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $149.47 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $151.12 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $151.19 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $154.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $154.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $154.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $154.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $159.13 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $159.74 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $159.74 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $161.68 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe trichomonas vaginalis at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $137.60 $41.64 – $154.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $117.60 $35.59 – $132.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $120.80 $46.37 – $121.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $120.80 $46.37 – $121.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $176.78 $16.78 – $63.07
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $228.09 $20.71 – $60.01
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $176.78 $16.78 – $107.63
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $228.09 $20.71 – $60.01

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