Bln dil 900ml preperitnl 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

$1,329.60

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.

$1,662.00

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.

$272.60 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,065.20 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 $272.60 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $396.35 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $424.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $429.01 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $429.01 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $429.01 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $429.01 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $429.01 ↓ -68%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $437.45 ↓ -67%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $532.60 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $603.31 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $603.31 ↓ -55%
Security Health Plan Commercial $619.30 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $709.72 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $709.72 ↓ -47%
Health Partners State Employees $775.81 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Commercial $900.80 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $921.07 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $940.21 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial $978.49 ↓ -26%
Ucare Commercial $989.30 ↓ -26%
Medica Choice $989.75 ↓ -26%
Multiplan Commercial $1,013.40 ↓ -24%
Healthez Commercial $1,013.40 ↓ -24%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,013.40 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial $1,013.40 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,041.78 ↓ -22%
Medica Elect $1,065.20 ↓ -20%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $668.80 $202.40 – $752.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,329.27 $1.02 – $1,013.42
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,520.80 $1.00 – $1,064.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $668.80 $202.40 – $752.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $775.20 $193.39 – $506.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $775.20 $193.39 – $506.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $745.30 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $869.51 $272.95 – $865.48

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