X-ray exam of arm infant at Sanford Wheaton
401 12th St N, Wheaton, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1154615573
$277.60
Cash price 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.
$347.00
Gross charge 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.
$84.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $326.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $84.01 | ↓ -70% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $111.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $174.89 | ↓ -37% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $187.73 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $189.46 | ↓ -32% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $190.85 | ↓ -31% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $193.11 | ↓ -30% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $209.94 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Commercial | $238.84 | ↓ -14% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $273.92 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $281.07 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $289.75 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $301.54 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $304.87 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $305.01 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $312.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $312.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $312.30 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $321.04 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $322.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial | $322.26 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $326.18 | ↑ +18% |
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X-ray exam of arm infant at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $298.40 | $90.30 – $335.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $340.80 | $103.13 – $383.40 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $385.60 | $111.66 – $433.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $239.20 | $72.39 – $269.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $385.60 | $79.32 – $433.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $258.40 | $81.04 – $290.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $340.80 | $103.13 – $383.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $164.80 | $70.76 – $185.40 |