Mayo estriol 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

$264.00

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.

$330.00

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.

$17.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $68.62 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 $17.67 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $28.47 ↓ -89%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $30.51 ↓ -88%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $30.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $30.81 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $30.81 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $30.81 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $30.81 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $31.43 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $35.33 ↓ -87%
Security Health Plan Commercial $40.15 ↓ -85%
Health Partners State Employees $50.30 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $57.63 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $57.63 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Commercial $58.40 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $59.71 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $60.96 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $63.44 ↓ -76%
Ucare Commercial $64.14 ↓ -76%
Medica Choice $64.17 ↓ -76%
Healthez Commercial $65.70 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $65.70 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Commercial $65.70 ↓ -75%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $65.70 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $67.54 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $67.80 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $67.80 ↓ -74%
Medica Elect $68.62 ↓ -74%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo estriol at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $137.60 $41.64 – $154.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $264.00 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $58.40 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $58.40 $25.08 – $65.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $58.40 $25.08 – $65.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $90.34 $22.00 – $62.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $130.09 $22.51 – $78.68
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $90.34 $22.00 – $60.36

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