Mayo molecular pathology procedure level 2 apoe genotype 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

$447.20

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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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$559.00

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.

$100.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $389.16 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

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 $100.23 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $161.46 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $173.05 ↓ -61%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $173.05 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $174.71 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $174.71 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $174.71 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $174.71 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $178.23 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $200.38 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $227.70 ↓ -49%
Health Partners State Employees $285.25 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $326.81 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $326.81 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Commercial $331.20 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $338.65 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $345.69 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $359.77 ↓ -20%
Ucare Commercial $363.74 ↓ -19%
Medica Choice $363.91 ↓ -19%
Healthez Commercial $372.60 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial $372.60 ↓ -17%
Multiplan Commercial $372.60 ↓ -17%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $372.60 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $383.03 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $384.48 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $384.48 ↓ -14%
Medica Elect $389.16 ↓ -13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo molecular pathology procedure level 2 apoe genotype at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $447.20 $100.23 – $372.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $440.80 $133.40 – $495.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $926.40 $142.21 – $372.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $926.40 $142.21 – $372.60
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $173.49 $89.61 – $259.78
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $173.49 $89.61 – $259.78
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $224.95 $116.76 – $399.76
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $173.49 $89.61 – $259.78

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