Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at Sanford Wheaton
401 12th St N, Wheaton, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1154615573
$481.42
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.
$601.77
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.
$75.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $292.31 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 | $75.29 | ↓ -84% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $156.73 | ↓ -67% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $168.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $169.79 | ↓ -65% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $169.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $169.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $169.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $169.79 | ↓ -65% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $171.03 | ↓ -64% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $173.05 | ↓ -64% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $188.14 | ↓ -61% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Commercial | $214.04 | ↓ -56% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $245.48 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $251.89 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $259.66 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $270.23 | ↓ -44% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $273.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Medica | Choice | $273.34 | ↓ -43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $279.87 | ↓ -42% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $279.87 | ↓ -42% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $279.87 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $287.71 | ↓ -40% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $288.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial | $288.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Medica | Elect | $292.31 | ↓ -39% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $588.00 | $88.97 – $330.75 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $588.00 | $88.97 – $330.75 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $780.00 | $45.39 – $168.75 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $738.72 | $7.22 – $361.59 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $560.00 | $48.09 – $126.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $560.00 | $48.09 – $126.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,075.90 | $7.21 – $12.08 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $676.61 | $7.21 – $215.85 |