Inj acetaminophen -fresenius 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

$154.16

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.

$192.69

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.

$46.65 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $182.28 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 $46.65 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $67.83 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $72.64 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $73.41 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $73.41 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $73.41 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $73.41 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $73.41 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $74.86 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $91.14 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $103.24 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $103.24 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $105.98 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $121.45 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $121.45 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $132.76 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $154.15 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $157.62 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $160.90 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $167.45 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $169.30 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $169.37 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $173.42 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $173.42 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $173.42 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $173.42 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $178.28 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $182.28 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Inj acetaminophen -fresenius at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $129.19 $39.09 – $145.33
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $132.78 $40.18 – $149.37
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.60 $15.01 – $55.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.40 $0.05 – $57.83
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $130.50 $0.05 – $146.81
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $95.88 $29.01 – $107.86
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $75.68 $32.50 – $85.14
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $75.68 $32.50 – $85.14

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