Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab 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

$90.40

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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$113.00

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.

$16.46 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $63.92 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 $16.46 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $34.27 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $36.79 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $37.40 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $37.84 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $41.14 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $46.80 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $53.68 ↓ -41%
Health Partners Commercial $55.08 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $56.78 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $59.09 ↓ -35%
Ucare Commercial $59.74 ↓ -34%
Medica Choice $59.77 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Commercial $61.20 ↓ -32%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $61.20 ↓ -32%
Healthez Commercial $61.20 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $62.91 ↓ -30%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $63.15 ↓ -30%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $63.15 ↓ -30%
Medica Elect $63.92 ↓ -29%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Immunodiff gel qual ea antigen/ab at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $48.80 $9.68 – $36.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $44.00 $10.65 – $39.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $50.40 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $44.00 $10.65 – $39.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $90.40 $13.74 – $36.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $90.40 $13.74 – $36.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $26.59 $11.15 – $57.68
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $24.86 $11.15 – $72.68

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