Phosphorus 24 hour urine 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

$62.40

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.

$78.00

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.

$9.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $36.66 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 $9.44 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $15.21 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $16.30 ↓ -74%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $16.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $16.46 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $16.46 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $16.46 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $16.46 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $16.79 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $18.88 ↓ -70%
Security Health Plan Commercial $21.45 ↓ -66%
Health Partners State Employees $26.87 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $30.79 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $30.79 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $31.20 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $31.90 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $32.57 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $33.89 ↓ -46%
Ucare Commercial $34.27 ↓ -45%
Medica Choice $34.28 ↓ -45%
Healthez Commercial $35.10 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial $35.10 ↓ -44%
Multiplan Commercial $35.10 ↓ -44%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $35.10 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $36.08 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $36.22 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $36.22 ↓ -42%
Medica Elect $36.66 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Phosphorus 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $15.20 $4.60 – $17.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $62.40 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $24.80 $4.36 – $16.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $20.80 $6.29 – $23.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $62.40 $6.53 – $17.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $62.40 $6.53 – $17.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $36.19 $5.38 – $24.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $30.91 $5.38 – $30.25

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