Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution 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

$91.42

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$114.27

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.

$20.50 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $79.59 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $20.50 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $33.02 ↓ -64%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $35.39 ↓ -61%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $35.39 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $35.73 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $35.73 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $35.73 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $35.73 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $36.45 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $40.98 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $46.57 ↓ -49%
Health Partners State Employees $58.34 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $66.84 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $66.84 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Commercial $67.74 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $69.26 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $70.70 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $73.58 ↓ -20%
Ucare Commercial $74.39 ↓ -19%
Medica Choice $74.42 ↓ -19%
Healthez Commercial $76.20 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial $76.20 ↓ -17%
Multiplan Commercial $76.20 ↓ -17%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $76.20 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $78.34 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $78.63 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $78.63 ↓ -14%
Medica Elect $79.59 ↓ -13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $91.42 $20.53 – $76.34
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $70.40 $17.51 – $65.08
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $71.42 $9.48 – $35.23
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $92.00 $20.38 – $75.74
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $91.42 $32.57 – $75.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $49.30 $18.16 – $47.58
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $49.30 $18.16 – $47.58
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $369.91 $38.24 – $38.24

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