IV Push Injection (each additional drug) 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

$240.80

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.

$301.00

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.

$36.80 with Health Partners vs $244.40 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
Health Partners State Employees $36.80 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Commercial $36.80 ↓ -85%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $48.45 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $62.95 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $101.40 ↓ -58%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $108.68 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $108.68 ↓ -55%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $109.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $109.72 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $109.72 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $109.72 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $111.93 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $125.84 ↓ -48%
Security Health Plan Commercial $143.00 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $205.24 ↓ -15%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $205.24 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $212.68 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $217.10 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $225.94 ↓ -6%
Ucare Commercial $228.44 ↓ -5%
Medica Choice $228.54 ↓ -5%
Healthez Commercial $234.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial $234.00 ↓ -3%
Multiplan Commercial $234.00 ↓ -3%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $234.00 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $240.55 ↓ -0%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $241.46 ↑ +0%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $241.46 ↑ +0%
Medica Elect $244.40 ↑ +1%

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IV Push Injection (each additional drug) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $184.80 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $240.80 $36.80 – $234.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $216.80 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $129.60 $36.80 – $145.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $180.80 $36.80 – $180.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $216.80 $11.39 – $47.55
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $166.52 $9.69 – $47.55
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $120.00 $8.59 – $22.50

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