Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at Sanford Luverne Medical Center
1600 N Kniss Ave, Luverne, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1497703045
$326.40
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.
$408.00
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.
$98.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $385.97 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 | $98.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $143.62 | ↓ -56% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $153.82 | ↓ -53% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $155.45 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $155.45 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $155.45 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $155.45 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $155.45 | ↓ -52% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $158.51 | ↓ -51% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $192.98 | ↓ -41% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $208.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $218.61 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $218.61 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $224.40 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $257.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $257.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $281.11 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $326.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $333.74 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $340.68 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $354.55 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $358.47 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $358.63 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $367.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $377.48 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $385.97 | ↑ +18% |
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Pr repair superficial wd simple scalp/neck/ax/gent/trunk/ext 2.6-7.5 cm at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $506.40 | $153.25 – $569.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $379.20 | $114.76 – $426.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $492.80 | $149.13 – $554.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $365.60 | $110.64 – $411.30 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $492.80 | $144.42 – $554.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $342.40 | $147.55 – $385.20 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $379.20 | $114.76 – $426.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $502.40 | $208.64 – $565.20 |