Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$2,616.00

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.

$3,270.00

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.

$8.72 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $34.06 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 $8.72 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $12.67 ↓ -100%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $13.57 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $13.72 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $13.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $13.72 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $13.72 ↓ -99%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $13.72 ↓ -99%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13.99 ↓ -99%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $17.03 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $19.29 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $19.29 ↓ -99%
Security Health Plan Commercial $19.80 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $22.69 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $22.69 ↓ -99%
Health Partners State Employees $24.80 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Commercial $28.80 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $29.45 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $30.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Commercial $31.28 ↓ -99%
Ucare Commercial $31.63 ↓ -99%
Medica Choice $31.64 ↓ -99%
Multiplan Commercial $32.40 ↓ -99%
Healthez Commercial $32.40 ↓ -99%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $32.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $32.40 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $33.31 ↓ -99%
Medica Elect $34.06 ↓ -99%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,928.00 $8.47 – $31.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $237.60 $9.20 – $34.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $652.16 $38.89 – $144.59
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $7,728.00 $1.02 – $47.39
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,586.40 $1.00 – $28.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $237.60 $9.20 – $34.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $792.80 $30.57 – $80.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $792.80 $30.57 – $80.10

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