Ghs pr without cont pulse ox 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

$298.40

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.

$373.00

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.

$62.37 with Ucare vs $352.86 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $62.37 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $90.30 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $131.30 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $140.62 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $142.11 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $142.11 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $142.11 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $142.11 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $142.11 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $144.91 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $176.43 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $199.85 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $199.85 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $205.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $235.10 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $235.10 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $257.00 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $298.40 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $305.11 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $311.46 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $324.14 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $327.72 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $327.87 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $335.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $335.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $335.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $335.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $345.10 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $352.86 ↑ +18%

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Ghs pr without cont pulse ox at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $263.20 $62.37 – $296.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $224.00 $62.37 – $252.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $165.60 $50.11 – $186.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $165.60 $44.13 – $186.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $224.00 $62.37 – $252.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $212.11 $56.21 – $70.26
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $257.82 $56.21 – $339.73
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $212.11 $56.21 – $148.70

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