Mayo myoglobin 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

$108.00

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.

$135.00

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.

$28.57 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $111.63 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 $28.57 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $41.54 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $44.49 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $44.96 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $44.96 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $44.96 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $44.96 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $44.96 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $45.84 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $55.81 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $63.22 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $63.22 ↓ -41%
Security Health Plan Commercial $64.90 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $74.38 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $74.38 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $81.30 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Commercial $94.40 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $96.52 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $98.53 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial $102.54 ↓ -5%
Ucare Commercial $103.67 ↓ -4%
Medica Choice $103.72 ↓ -4%
Multiplan Commercial $106.20 ↓ -2%
Healthez Commercial $106.20 ↓ -2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $106.20 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial $106.20 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $109.17 ↑ +1%
Medica Elect $111.63 ↑ +3%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo myoglobin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $157.60 $28.08 – $104.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $302.40 $65.85 – $244.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $302.40 $65.85 – $244.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $159.20 $16.14 – $42.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $159.20 $16.14 – $42.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $48.10 $12.03 – $41.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $56.11 $12.03 – $51.68
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $48.10 $12.03 – $42.93

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