Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization 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

$701.37

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$876.71

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$130.86 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $511.31 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.

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 $130.86 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $190.26 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $203.77 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $205.93 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $205.93 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $205.93 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $205.93 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $205.93 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $209.98 ↓ -70%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $255.66 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $289.60 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $289.60 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $297.28 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $340.68 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $340.68 ↓ -51%
Health Partners State Employees $372.40 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Commercial $432.40 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $442.13 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $451.32 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial $469.69 ↓ -33%
Ucare Commercial $474.88 ↓ -32%
Medica Choice $475.10 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Commercial $486.45 ↓ -31%
Healthez Commercial $486.45 ↓ -31%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $486.45 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial $486.45 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $500.07 ↓ -29%
Medica Elect $511.31 ↓ -27%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cisplatin 1 mg/ml desensitization at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $356.80 $1.00 – $203.63
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $310.21 $123.65 – $323.96
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $310.21 $123.65 – $323.96
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $220.17 $3.05 – $4.87
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $208.79 $3.05 – $5.17
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $220.17 $3.05 – $4.05
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $208.79 $3.05 – $5.17
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $190.13 $3.05 – $102.58

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