Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$65.75

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$82.18

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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.

$18.81 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $73.50 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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $18.81 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $27.35 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $29.29 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $29.60 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29.60 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29.60 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29.60 ↓ -55%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29.60 ↓ -55%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $30.19 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $36.75 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $41.63 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $41.63 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $42.74 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $48.97 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $48.97 ↓ -26%
Health Partners State Employees $53.54 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $62.16 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $63.56 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $64.88 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial $67.52 ↑ +3%
Ucare Commercial $68.27 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $68.30 ↑ +4%
Multiplan Commercial $69.93 ↑ +6%
Healthez Commercial $69.93 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $69.93 ↑ +6%
Cigna Commercial $69.93 ↑ +6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $71.89 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $73.50 ↑ +12%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $65.75 $19.04 – $70.79
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $38.83 $7.91 – $29.42
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $175.33 $1.00 – $69.92
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $62.92 $19.04 – $70.79
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $40.40 $17.10 – $44.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $40.40 $17.10 – $44.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $44.41 $5.10 – $8.13
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $51.81 $5.10 – $40.75

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