Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection 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

$232.23

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$290.28

Gross charge

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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.

$70.28 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $272.86 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

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 $70.28 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $113.21 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $121.34 ↓ -48%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $121.34 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $122.50 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $122.50 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $122.50 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $122.50 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $124.97 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $140.50 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $159.65 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $200.00 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $229.15 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $229.15 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $232.22 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $237.45 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $242.38 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $252.25 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $255.04 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $255.16 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $261.25 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $261.25 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $261.25 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $261.25 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $268.57 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $269.58 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $269.58 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $272.86 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $314.28 $18.98 – $70.55
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $428.15 $128.99 – $479.52
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $130.15 $1.02 – $146.41
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $176.18 $1.00 – $71.51
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $284.64 $16.00 – $41.93
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $284.64 $16.00 – $41.93
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $206.29 $2.76 – $4.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $128.90 $2.76 – $167.79

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