Ghs simple repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm - 12006 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

$729.60

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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.

$912.00

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.

$220.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $857.28 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 $220.80 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $459.65 ↓ -37%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $493.39 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $497.95 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $497.95 ↓ -32%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $497.95 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $497.95 ↓ -32%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $497.95 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $501.60 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $507.53 ↓ -30%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $551.76 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $627.73 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $719.93 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $738.72 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $761.52 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $792.53 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $801.28 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $801.65 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $820.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $820.80 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $820.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $843.78 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $846.97 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $846.97 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $857.28 ↑ +18%

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Ghs simple repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm - 12006 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $570.40 $172.62 – $641.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $573.60 $173.59 – $645.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $573.60 $287.67 – $645.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $514.40 $249.29 – $578.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $570.40 $172.62 – $641.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $807.20 $346.59 – $908.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $807.20 $346.59 – $908.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $419.51 – $419.51

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