Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 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

$680.80

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.

$851.00

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.

$206.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $799.94 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 $206.03 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $428.90 ↓ -37%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $460.39 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $464.65 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $464.65 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $464.65 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $464.65 ↓ -32%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $464.65 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $468.05 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $473.58 ↓ -30%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $514.86 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $585.74 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $671.78 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $689.31 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $710.59 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $739.52 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $747.69 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $748.03 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $765.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $765.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $765.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $787.35 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $790.32 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $790.32 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $799.94 ↑ +18%

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $733.60 $222.01 – $825.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $733.60 $287.67 – $825.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $478.40 $231.84 – $538.20
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $419.51 – $419.51

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