Creatinine 24 hour urine 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

$29.60

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.

$37.00

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.

$5.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $19.87 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 $5.08 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $7.39 ↓ -75%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $7.92 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $8.00 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $8.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $8.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $8.00 ↓ -73%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $8.00 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $8.16 ↓ -72%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $9.93 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $11.25 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $11.25 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan Commercial $11.55 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $13.24 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $13.24 ↓ -55%
Health Partners State Employees $14.47 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $16.80 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $17.18 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $17.54 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $18.25 ↓ -38%
Ucare Commercial $18.45 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $18.46 ↓ -38%
Multiplan Commercial $18.90 ↓ -36%
Healthez Commercial $18.90 ↓ -36%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.90 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $18.90 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $19.43 ↓ -34%
Medica Elect $19.87 ↓ -33%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Creatinine 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $44.00 $5.33 – $19.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $87.20 $5.81 – $21.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $109.60 $5.08 – $18.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $87.20 $5.81 – $21.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $100.80 $7.56 – $19.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $100.80 $7.56 – $19.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $31.54 $4.83 – $24.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $28.84 $4.83 – $30.25

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