Ultrasound breast complete 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

$560.80

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.

$701.00

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.

$111.66 with Ucare vs $663.15 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $111.66 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $169.71 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $246.75 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $264.28 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $267.08 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $267.08 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $267.08 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $267.08 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $267.08 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $272.34 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $331.57 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $375.60 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $375.60 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $385.55 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $441.84 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $441.84 ↓ -21%
Health Partners State Employees $482.99 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $560.80 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $573.42 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $585.34 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $609.17 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $615.90 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $616.18 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $630.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $630.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $630.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $630.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $648.57 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $663.15 ↑ +18%

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $536.00 $79.32 – $603.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $704.80 $81.04 – $792.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $480.00 $111.66 – $540.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $480.00 $111.66 – $540.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $229.44 $96.84 – $466.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $357.67 $99.61 – $625.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $229.44 $96.84 – $464.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $357.67 $99.61 – $625.00

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