Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 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

$456.80

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.

$571.00

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.

$138.24 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $540.17 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 $138.24 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $200.99 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $215.27 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $217.55 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $217.55 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $217.55 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $217.55 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $217.55 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $221.83 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $270.08 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $305.94 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $305.94 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $314.05 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $359.90 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $359.90 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $393.42 ↓ -14%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $456.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $467.08 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $476.79 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $496.20 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $501.68 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $501.91 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $513.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $513.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $513.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $513.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $528.29 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $540.17 ↑ +18%

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $645.60 $195.37 – $726.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $531.20 $160.75 – $597.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $553.60 $167.53 – $622.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $474.40 $143.57 – $533.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $553.60 $287.67 – $622.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $480.00 $232.62 – $540.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $531.20 $160.75 – $597.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $590.40 $253.50 – $664.20

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