Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection solution 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

$65.41

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.

$81.76

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.

$6.40 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $24.85 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 $6.40 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $10.31 ↓ -84%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $11.05 ↓ -83%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $11.05 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $11.16 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $11.16 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $11.16 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $11.16 ↓ -83%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $11.38 ↓ -83%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $12.80 ↓ -80%
Security Health Plan Commercial $14.54 ↓ -78%
Health Partners State Employees $18.22 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $20.87 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.87 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Commercial $21.15 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $21.63 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $22.08 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial $22.98 ↓ -65%
Ucare Commercial $23.23 ↓ -64%
Medica Choice $23.24 ↓ -64%
Healthez Commercial $23.80 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $23.80 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $23.80 ↓ -64%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $23.80 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $24.46 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $24.55 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $24.55 ↓ -62%
Medica Elect $24.85 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.29 $0.01 – $0.04
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $60.25 $6.40 – $23.81
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.44 $13.34 – $49.59
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $28.16 $7.31 – $27.18
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.85 $3.89 – $14.45
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.00 $0.43 – $0.86
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $60.70 $7.18 – $16.68
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $36.69 $6.01 – $15.74

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