Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis 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

$188.80

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.

$236.00

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.

$34.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $135.28 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 $34.62 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $50.34 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $53.91 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $54.48 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $54.48 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $54.48 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $54.48 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $54.48 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $55.56 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $67.64 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $76.62 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $76.62 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $78.65 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $90.13 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $90.13 ↓ -52%
Health Partners State Employees $98.53 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Commercial $114.40 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $116.97 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $119.41 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $124.27 ↓ -34%
Ucare Commercial $125.64 ↓ -33%
Medica Choice $125.70 ↓ -33%
Multiplan Commercial $128.70 ↓ -32%
Healthez Commercial $128.70 ↓ -32%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $128.70 ↓ -32%
Cigna Commercial $128.70 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $132.30 ↓ -30%
Medica Elect $135.28 ↓ -28%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe chlamydia trachomatis at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $172.00 $34.62 – $128.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $171.20 $34.62 – $128.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $172.80 $29.78 – $110.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $171.20 $34.62 – $128.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $173.60 $49.12 – $128.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $173.60 $49.12 – $128.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $128.02 $14.82 – $55.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $118.72 $18.29 – $53.02

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