Gonadotropin luteinizing hormone (lh) 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

$97.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$122.00

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.

$15.98 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $62.44 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

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 $15.98 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $23.23 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $24.88 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $25.15 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $25.15 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $25.15 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $25.15 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $25.15 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $25.64 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $31.22 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $35.36 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $35.36 ↓ -64%
Security Health Plan Commercial $36.30 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $41.60 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $41.60 ↓ -57%
Health Partners State Employees $45.47 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Commercial $52.80 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $53.99 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $55.11 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $57.35 ↓ -41%
Ucare Commercial $57.99 ↓ -41%
Medica Choice $58.01 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Commercial $59.40 ↓ -39%
Healthez Commercial $59.40 ↓ -39%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $59.40 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $59.40 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $61.06 ↓ -37%
Medica Elect $62.44 ↓ -36%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Gonadotropin luteinizing hormone (lh) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $131.20 $39.70 – $147.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $243.20 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $73.60 $22.27 – $82.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $243.20 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $124.00 $53.24 – $139.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $124.00 $53.24 – $139.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $162.58 $17.24 – $62.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $189.67 $17.24 – $78.68

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