Pricing & Financial Assistance

Pricing and Cost of Care Estimates

If you are interested in learning how much a medical service or procedure will cost, please fill out the Price Estimate Request form. Staff from CentraCare's Managed Care department will review your information and respond to you within two business days.

For questions, please call 320-251-2700, ext. 53129

MHA Hospital Price Check
To learn more about hospital pricing, visit the Minnesota Hospital Association's Hospital Price Check web site. You can search for both inpatient and outpatient procedures.

Additional Resource
Understanding Health Care Prices: A Consumer Guide is available for download in both English and Spanish from the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Hospital Standard Charges

In compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement, we provide these documents (in Microsoft Excel) listing standard charges for our CentraCare locations.

• CentraCare – Long Prairie
• CentraCare – Melrose
• CentraCare – Monticello
• CentraCare – Paynesville
• CentraCare – Sauk Centre
• St. Cloud Hospital

Average Charge by Diagnosis Related Group (DRG)

• St. Cloud Hospital

Hospital-based Clinics

Depending on your health insurance, hospital-based clinics may charge a separate facility fee, which could result in a higher out-of-pocket expense. The following locations are affected:

• CentraCare – Coborn Cancer Center
• CentraCare – Plaza Rehabilitation
• CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital Behavioral Health
• CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital Rheumatology
• CentraCare Paynesville – Eden Valley Clinic
• CentraCare Wound Center

Primary Care Price Transparency

In compliance with Minnesota law, each primary care clinic that specializes in family medicine, general internal medicine, gynecology, or general pediatrics is required to post the clinic’s top 25 procedures over $25.

• CentraCare – Long Prairie Clinic
• CentraCare – Melrose Clinic
• CentraCare – Paynesville Clinic
• CentraCare Paynesville – Eden Valley Clinic
• CentraCare Paynesville – Richmond Clinic
• CentraCare – Sauk Centre Clinic
• Eagle Valley Clinic
• Primary Care Price Transparency

Financial Assistance

Get help with your medical bill
CentraCare is committed to providing high-quality health care to the community regardless of ability to pay. As part of our commitment to serving the health needs of people who are uninsured or underinsured, CentraCare offers discounts to those whose incomes are less than 250% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Application for Financial Assistance
Applications for Financial Assistance are available for download for the entities below.

• CentraCare (English - PDF)
• CentraCare (English - Microsoft Word document)
• CentraCare (Somali - PDF)
• CentraCare (Spanish - PDF)

Income Guidelines
Please refer to the guidelines which provide income requirements for those applying for financial assistance. This is available for download in PDF.

• Income Grid for Patients of CentraCare Clinic and CentraCare Hospitals (PDF)

Covered Entities
Refer to the listing of entities covered under the CentraCare Financial Assistance Policy.

Summaries of Financial Assistance Policy
Summaries of our Financial Assistance Policy are available in PDF for the entities below.

• CentraCare: English Spanish Somali
• CentraCare - Long Prairie: English Spanish
• CentraCare - Melrose: English Spanish
• CentraCare - Monticello: English Spanish
• CentraCare - Paynesville: English Spanish
• CentraCare - Sauk Centre: English Spanish

Download in PDF the full version of our Financial Assistance Policy in English, Spanish or Somali.

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