Mayo alpha 1 antitrypsin 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

$125.60

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.

$157.00

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.

$10.89 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $42.30 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 $10.89 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $22.68 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $24.35 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $24.57 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $24.57 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $24.57 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $24.57 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $24.57 ↓ -80%
Security Health Plan Commercial $24.75 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $25.04 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $27.23 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $30.97 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $35.52 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Commercial $36.45 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $37.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna Commercial $39.11 ↓ -69%
Ucare Commercial $39.54 ↓ -69%
Medica Choice $39.56 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Commercial $40.50 ↓ -68%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $40.50 ↓ -68%
Healthez Commercial $40.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $41.63 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $41.79 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $41.79 ↓ -67%
Medica Elect $42.30 ↓ -66%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo alpha 1 antitrypsin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $92.00 $26.39 – $98.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $155.20 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $88.80 $23.48 – $87.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $155.20 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $143.20 $15.11 – $39.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $143.20 $15.11 – $39.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $45.65 $12.51 – $41.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $53.26 $12.51 – $51.68

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