Mastoids complete 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

$420.00

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.

$525.00

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.

$111.66 with Ucare vs $493.50 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $111.66 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $127.10 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $204.75 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $219.45 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $219.45 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $221.55 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $221.55 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $221.55 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $221.55 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $226.01 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $254.10 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $288.75 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $361.73 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $414.44 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $414.44 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $420.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $429.45 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $438.38 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $456.23 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $461.27 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $461.48 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $472.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $472.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $472.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $472.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $485.73 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $487.57 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $487.57 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $493.50 ↑ +18%

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Mastoids complete at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $420.00 $111.66 – $472.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $336.80 $101.92 – $378.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $369.60 $81.04 – $415.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $135.70 $56.44 – $331.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $135.70 $56.44 – $331.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $135.70 $56.44 – $331.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $111.66 – $111.66
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $111.66 – $111.66

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