Injection, fulvestrant 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

$646.27

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.

$807.83

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.

$140.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $550.18 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 $140.80 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $204.72 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $219.26 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $221.59 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $221.59 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $221.59 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $221.59 ↓ -66%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $221.59 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $225.95 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $275.09 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $311.62 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $311.62 ↓ -52%
Security Health Plan Commercial $319.87 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $366.58 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $366.58 ↓ -43%
Health Partners State Employees $400.72 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Commercial $465.27 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $475.74 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $485.63 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $505.40 ↓ -22%
Ucare Commercial $510.98 ↓ -21%
Medica Choice $511.22 ↓ -21%
Multiplan Commercial $523.43 ↓ -19%
Healthez Commercial $523.43 ↓ -19%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $523.43 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial $523.43 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $538.09 ↓ -17%
Medica Elect $550.18 ↓ -15%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Injection, fulvestrant at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $508.12 $110.33 – $410.14
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $249.68 $6.39 – $271.23
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,486.30 $449.79 – $1,672.08
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $514.21 $27.30 – $71.53
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $514.21 $27.30 – $71.53
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,017.73 $7.37 – $12.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,518.45 $7.37 – $14.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $3,017.73 $7.37 – $22.46

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