Inj hydroxocobalamin IV 25mg 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

$1,521.86

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.

$1,902.32

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.

$460.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,799.59 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 $460.55 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $669.62 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $717.17 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $724.78 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $724.78 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $724.78 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $724.78 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $724.78 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $739.05 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $899.80 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,019.26 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,019.26 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,046.28 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,199.03 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,199.03 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $1,310.70 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $1,521.86 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,556.10 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,588.44 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,653.12 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,671.38 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,672.14 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $1,712.09 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $1,712.09 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,712.09 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $1,712.09 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,760.03 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,799.59 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Inj hydroxocobalamin IV 25mg at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,521.86 $460.55 – $1,712.09
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,289.75 $390.31 – $1,450.96
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $978.95 $4.93 – $1,101.31
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,541.19 $4.93 – $1,552.66
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,541.19 $466.40 – $1,733.83
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,576.14 $3.42 – $8.26
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,838.83 $5.17 – $2,145.20
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,576.14 $3.42 – $6.38

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