Ghs excision ingrown nail 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

$471.20

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.

$589.00

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.

$142.60 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $553.66 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 $142.60 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $296.86 ↓ -37%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $318.65 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $321.59 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $321.59 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $321.59 ↓ -32%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $321.59 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $321.59 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $323.95 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $327.78 ↓ -30%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $356.35 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $405.41 ↓ -14%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -11%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $464.96 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $477.09 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $491.82 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $511.84 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $517.50 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $517.73 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $530.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $530.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $530.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $544.94 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $547.00 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $547.00 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $553.66 ↑ +18%

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Ghs excision ingrown nail at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $416.00 $125.89 – $468.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $460.80 $139.45 – $518.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $404.00 $122.26 – $454.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $436.80 $248.81 – $491.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $460.80 $139.45 – $518.40
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Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $390.19 $209.93 – $1,000.22
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $390.19 $209.93 – $484.14

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