Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$5,710.04

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.

$7,137.54

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.

$58.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $6,752.11 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 $58.52 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Commercial $69.76 ↓ -99%
Health Partners State Employees $69.76 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $117.04 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $117.04 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2,512.41 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2,690.85 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2,719.40 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2,719.40 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2,719.40 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2,719.40 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2,719.40 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,772.93 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,376.06 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $3,824.29 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3,824.29 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3,925.65 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4,498.79 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4,498.79 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $5,959.85 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $6,202.52 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $6,271.04 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $6,273.90 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $6,423.79 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $6,423.79 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $6,423.79 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $6,423.79 ↑ +12%
Medica Elect $6,752.11 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Pembrolizumab 25 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $5,240.20 $58.52 – $5,820.18
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $9,183.62 $56.41 – $9,942.26
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $6,108.96 $58.52 – $6,872.57
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $8,552.04 $58.52 – $9,621.05
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $8,552.04 $58.52 – $9,621.05
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $7,974.80 $53.92 – $101.15
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $9,303.94 $53.92 – $12,259.55
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $7,974.80 $53.92 – $174.13

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