Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets 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

$744.80

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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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$931.00

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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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$214.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $839.10 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $214.74 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $312.22 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $334.40 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $337.95 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $337.95 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $337.95 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $337.95 ↓ -55%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $337.95 ↓ -55%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $344.60 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $419.55 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $475.25 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $475.25 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $487.85 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $559.08 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $559.08 ↓ -25%
Health Partners State Employees $611.14 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $709.60 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $725.57 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $740.65 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial $770.80 ↑ +3%
Ucare Commercial $779.32 ↑ +5%
Medica Choice $779.67 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Commercial $798.30 ↑ +7%
Healthez Commercial $798.30 ↑ +7%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $798.30 ↑ +7%
Cigna Commercial $798.30 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $820.65 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $839.10 ↑ +13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $704.00 $213.05 – $792.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $696.00 $147.44 – $548.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $739.20 $223.70 – $831.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $696.00 $147.44 – $548.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $717.60 $298.85 – $783.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $717.60 $298.85 – $783.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $289.58 $16.78 – $352.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $264.60 $20.71 – $283.77

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