Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$127.20

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$159.00

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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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$38.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $149.28 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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 $38.20 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $55.55 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $59.49 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $60.12 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $60.12 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $60.12 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $60.12 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $60.12 ↓ -53%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $61.31 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $74.64 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $84.55 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $84.55 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $86.79 ↓ -32%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $99.46 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $99.46 ↓ -22%
Health Partners State Employees $108.72 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $126.24 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $129.08 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $131.76 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $137.13 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $138.64 ↑ +9%
Medica Choice $138.71 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $142.02 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $142.02 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $142.02 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $142.02 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $146.00 ↑ +15%
Medica Elect $149.28 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $106.26 $31.72 – $117.92
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $108.18 $32.49 – $120.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $51.20 $15.01 – $55.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.00 $1.02 – $52.43
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $182.43 $1.00 – $115.22
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $70.95 $21.25 – $79.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $194.72 $23.36 – $61.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $194.72 $23.36 – $61.20

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