Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at Sanford Luverne Medical Center
1600 N Kniss Ave, Luverne, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1497703045
$7,404.80
Cash price 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.
$9,256.00
Gross charge 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.
$2,240.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $8,756.18 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $2,240.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $3,258.11 | ↓ -56% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $3,489.51 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $3,526.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $3,526.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $3,526.54 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $3,526.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $3,526.54 | ↓ -52% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $3,595.96 | ↓ -51% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $4,378.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $4,959.36 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $4,959.36 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $5,090.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $5,834.06 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $5,834.06 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $6,377.38 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $7,404.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $7,571.41 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $7,728.76 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $8,043.46 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $8,132.32 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $8,136.02 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $8,330.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $8,330.40 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $8,330.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $8,330.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $8,563.65 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $8,756.18 | ↑ +18% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $16,081.60 | $1.02 – $18,091.80 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $19,526.78 | $4,127.00 – $16,800.41 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $14,359.58 | $5,948.00 – $19,923.70 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $19,526.78 | $4,127.00 – $16,800.41 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $14,359.58 | $5,948.00 – $19,923.70 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $19,526.78 | $4,127.00 – $16,800.41 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $14,359.58 | $5,948.00 – $19,923.70 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $14,359.58 | $5,948.00 – $19,923.70 |