Warde 3400852 arsenic 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

$52.00

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.

$65.00

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.

$14.53 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $56.40 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 $14.53 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $30.24 ↓ -42%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $32.46 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $32.76 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $32.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $32.76 ↓ -37%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $32.76 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $32.76 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $33.00 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $33.39 ↓ -36%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $36.30 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $41.30 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $47.36 ↓ -9%
Health Partners Commercial $48.60 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $50.10 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $52.14 ↑ +0%
Ucare Commercial $52.72 ↑ +1%
Medica Choice $52.74 ↑ +1%
Multiplan Commercial $54.00 ↑ +4%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.00 ↑ +4%
Healthez Commercial $54.00 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $55.51 ↑ +7%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $55.72 ↑ +7%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $55.72 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $56.40 ↑ +8%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Warde 3400852 arsenic at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $96.80 $14.04 – $52.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $231.20 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $170.40 $13.80 – $51.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $231.20 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $185.60 $19.58 – $51.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $185.60 $19.58 – $51.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $64.80 $9.62 – $27.31
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $79.41 $11.87 – $34.42

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