Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm 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

$359.20

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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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$449.00

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.

$108.70 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $422.06 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 $108.70 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $175.11 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $187.68 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $187.68 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $189.48 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $189.48 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $189.48 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $189.48 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $193.29 ↓ -46%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $217.32 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $246.95 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $309.36 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $354.44 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $354.44 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $359.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $367.28 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $374.92 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $390.18 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $394.49 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $394.67 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $404.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $404.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $404.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $404.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $415.41 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $416.99 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $416.99 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $422.06 ↑ +18%

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Pr repair sprfcl wounds simple scalp/neck/axillae/gent/trunk/ext <= 2.5 cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $458.40 $138.72 – $515.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $359.20 $108.70 – $404.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $469.60 $142.11 – $528.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $365.60 $110.64 – $411.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $308.80 $93.45 – $347.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $469.60 $144.42 – $528.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $324.80 $147.55 – $365.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $475.20 $204.04 – $534.60

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