Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection 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

$428.15

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$535.18

Gross charge

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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.

$128.99 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $504.03 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

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 $128.99 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $187.55 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $200.87 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $203.00 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $203.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $203.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $203.00 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $203.00 ↓ -53%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $206.99 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $252.01 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $285.47 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $285.47 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $293.04 ↓ -32%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $335.82 ↓ -22%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $335.82 ↓ -22%
Health Partners State Employees $367.10 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $426.24 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $435.83 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $444.89 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $463.00 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $468.12 ↑ +9%
Medica Choice $468.33 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $479.52 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $479.52 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $479.52 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $479.52 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $492.95 ↑ +15%
Medica Elect $504.03 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $314.28 $18.98 – $70.55
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $130.15 $1.02 – $146.41
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $176.18 $1.00 – $71.51
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $232.23 $70.28 – $261.25
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $284.64 $16.00 – $41.93
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $284.64 $16.00 – $41.93
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $206.29 $2.76 – $4.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $128.90 $2.76 – $167.79

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