Anora (draw only) at Sanford Luverne Medical Center

1600 N Kniss Ave, Luverne, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1497703045

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$45.60

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.

$57.00

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.

$8.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $32.16 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 $8.23 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $11.97 ↓ -74%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $12.82 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $12.95 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $12.95 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $12.95 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $12.95 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $12.95 ↓ -72%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13.21 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $16.08 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $18.22 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $18.22 ↓ -60%
Security Health Plan Commercial $18.70 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $21.43 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $21.43 ↓ -53%
Health Partners State Employees $23.43 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Commercial $27.20 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $27.81 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $28.39 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $29.55 ↓ -35%
Ucare Commercial $29.87 ↓ -34%
Medica Choice $29.89 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Commercial $30.60 ↓ -33%
Healthez Commercial $30.60 ↓ -33%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $30.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $30.60 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $31.46 ↓ -31%
Medica Elect $32.16 ↓ -29%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Anora (draw only) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $46.40 $7.02 – $26.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $52.00 $15.74 – $58.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $52.00 $15.74 – $58.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $48.00 $20.61 – $54.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $48.00 $20.61 – $54.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $164.06 $4.54 – $82.76
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $309.18 $6.53 – $101.83
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $164.06 $4.54 – $140.05

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →