Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant 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

$250.40

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.

$313.00

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.

$75.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $294.22 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 $75.78 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $122.07 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $130.83 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $130.83 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $132.09 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $132.09 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $132.09 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $132.09 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $134.75 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $151.49 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $172.15 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $215.66 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $247.08 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $247.08 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $250.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $256.03 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $261.36 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $272.00 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $275.00 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $275.13 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $289.59 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $290.68 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $290.68 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $294.22 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo analysis gene jak2 p.val617phe variant at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $250.40 $75.78 – $281.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $250.40 $75.78 – $281.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $250.40 $75.78 – $281.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $293.60 $88.85 – $330.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $286.40 $98.93 – $259.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $286.40 $98.93 – $259.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $918.91 $72.62 – $206.18
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,049.61 $55.31 – $259.78

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