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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at Sanford Tracy Hospital
251 5th St E, Tracy, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1003851171
$39.20
Cash price 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.
$49.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $45.12 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $11.62 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $18.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $20.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $20.06 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $20.26 | ↓ -48% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $20.26 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $20.26 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $20.26 | ↓ -48% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $20.66 | ↓ -47% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $23.23 | ↓ -41% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $26.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $33.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $37.89 | ↓ -3% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $37.89 | ↓ -3% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $38.40 | ↓ -2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $39.26 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $40.08 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $41.71 | ↑ +6% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $42.17 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Choice | $42.19 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $43.20 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $43.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $43.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $43.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $44.41 | ↑ +13% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $44.58 | ↑ +14% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $44.58 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Elect | $45.12 | ↑ +15% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $36.80 | $8.72 – $32.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $39.20 | $11.62 – $43.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $9.60 | $2.91 – $10.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $28.80 | $7.26 – $27.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $26.40 | $7.51 – $27.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $9.60 | $2.14 – $10.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $47.20 | $18.55 – $48.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $47.20 | $18.55 – $48.60 |