Phenylephrine 10 mg/ml injection solution 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

$38.16

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.

$47.70

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.

$8.64 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $33.56 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 $8.64 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.99 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.31 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $19.49 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.49 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.49 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.49 ↓ -49%
Security Health Plan Commercial $19.64 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.87 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $21.60 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $24.57 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $28.18 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $28.92 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $29.81 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $31.02 ↓ -19%
Ucare Commercial $31.37 ↓ -18%
Medica Choice $31.38 ↓ -18%
Multiplan Commercial $32.13 ↓ -16%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $32.13 ↓ -16%
Healthez Commercial $32.13 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $33.03 ↓ -13%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $33.15 ↓ -13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $33.15 ↓ -13%
Medica Elect $33.56 ↓ -12%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Phenylephrine 10 mg/ml injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $63.60 $18.44 – $68.55
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $61.04 $18.47 – $68.66
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.41 $15.56 – $57.83
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $62.56 $18.37 – $68.29
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $49.40 $0.01 – $50.78
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $61.12 $0.01 – $68.71
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $60.92 $18.44 – $68.54
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $35.27 $15.14 – $39.66

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