Ghs simple repair 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12014 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

$385.60

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.

$482.00

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.

$116.69 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $455.97 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 $116.69 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $169.66 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $181.71 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $183.64 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $183.64 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $183.64 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $183.64 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $183.64 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $187.26 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $227.99 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $258.26 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $258.26 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $265.10 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $303.80 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $303.80 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $332.10 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $385.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $394.28 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $402.47 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $418.86 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $423.49 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $423.68 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $433.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $433.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $433.80 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $433.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $445.95 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $455.97 ↑ +18%

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Ghs simple repair 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12014 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $584.00 $176.73 – $657.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $448.00 $135.58 – $504.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $565.60 $171.16 – $636.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $365.60 $110.64 – $411.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $565.60 $144.42 – $636.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $404.80 $147.55 – $455.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $448.00 $135.58 – $504.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $569.60 $208.64 – $640.80

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