Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$66.40

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.

$83.00

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.

$10.89 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $42.57 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 $10.89 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $15.84 ↓ -76%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $16.97 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $17.15 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $17.15 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $17.15 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $17.15 ↓ -74%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $17.15 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $17.48 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $21.29 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $24.11 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $24.11 ↓ -64%
Security Health Plan Commercial $24.75 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $28.36 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $28.36 ↓ -57%
Health Partners State Employees $31.01 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Commercial $36.00 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $36.81 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $37.58 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial $39.11 ↓ -41%
Ucare Commercial $39.54 ↓ -40%
Medica Choice $39.56 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial $40.50 ↓ -39%
Healthez Commercial $40.50 ↓ -39%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $40.50 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $40.50 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $41.63 ↓ -37%
Medica Elect $42.57 ↓ -36%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $71.20 $12.35 – $45.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $88.80 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $60.80 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $88.80 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $38.35 $5.28 – $42.07
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $35.06 $5.28 – $53.02

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