Appl multlay comprs arm/hand 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

$271.20

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.

$339.00

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.

$82.07 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $320.69 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 $82.07 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $119.33 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $127.80 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $129.16 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $129.16 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $129.16 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $129.16 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $129.16 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $131.70 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $160.35 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $165.68 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $181.64 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $181.64 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $186.45 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $213.67 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $213.67 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $233.57 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $271.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $277.30 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $283.07 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $294.59 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $297.85 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $297.98 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $305.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $305.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $305.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $305.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $313.64 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $320.69 ↑ +18%

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Appl multlay comprs arm/hand at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $266.40 $116.13 – $299.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $188.93 $143.69 – $505.96
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $198.69 $139.39 – $637.50
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $188.93 $143.69 – $395.04
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $198.69 $139.39 – $637.50
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $117.77 $92.06 – $981.02
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $188.93 $143.69 – $193.52
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $198.69 $139.39 – $637.50

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