Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at Sanford Wheaton

401 12th St N, Wheaton, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1154615573

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$27.57

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.

$34.46

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.

$7.65 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $29.69 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 $7.65 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $15.92 ↓ -42%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $17.09 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $17.25 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $17.25 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $17.25 ↓ -37%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $17.25 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $17.25 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $17.37 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $17.58 ↓ -36%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $19.11 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $21.74 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $24.94 ↓ -10%
Health Partners Commercial $25.59 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $26.38 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $27.45 ↓ -0%
Ucare Commercial $27.75 ↑ +1%
Medica Choice $27.77 ↑ +1%
Multiplan Commercial $28.43 ↑ +3%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $28.43 ↑ +3%
Healthez Commercial $28.43 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $29.23 ↑ +6%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $29.34 ↑ +6%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $29.34 ↑ +6%
Medica Elect $29.69 ↑ +8%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Adenosine 3 mg/250 ml bag for osm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $69.86 $18.59 – $69.09
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $67.65 $18.64 – $69.31
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.72 $15.01 – $55.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.89 $18.59 – $69.09
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $77.96 $1.02 – $52.25
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $61.86 $1.00 – $69.07
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $61.58 $18.58 – $69.07
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $467.05 $15.28 – $40.03

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