Treat knee fracture 27530 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

$460.80

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.

$576.00

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.

$139.45 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $541.44 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 $139.45 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $224.64 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $240.77 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $240.77 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $243.07 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $243.07 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $243.07 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $243.07 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $247.97 ↓ -46%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $251.87 ↓ -45%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $278.78 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $316.80 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $396.86 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $454.69 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $454.69 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $460.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $471.17 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $480.96 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $500.54 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $506.07 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $506.30 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $518.40 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $518.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $518.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $518.40 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $532.92 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $534.93 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $534.93 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $541.44 ↑ +18%

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Treat knee fracture 27530 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $460.80 $139.45 – $518.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $561.60 $169.95 – $631.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $573.60 $173.59 – $645.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $561.60 $170.13 – $631.80
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $251.87 – $251.87
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $251.87 – $251.87
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $173.80 – $247.19
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $251.87 – $251.87

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