Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$68.80

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.

$86.00

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.

$14.77 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $57.71 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 $14.77 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $21.47 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $23.00 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $23.24 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $23.24 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $23.24 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $23.24 ↓ -66%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $23.24 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $23.70 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $28.85 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $32.68 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $32.68 ↓ -53%
Security Health Plan Commercial $33.55 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $38.45 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $38.45 ↓ -44%
Health Partners State Employees $42.03 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Commercial $48.80 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $49.90 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $50.94 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $53.01 ↓ -23%
Ucare Commercial $53.59 ↓ -22%
Medica Choice $53.62 ↓ -22%
Multiplan Commercial $54.90 ↓ -20%
Healthez Commercial $54.90 ↓ -20%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.90 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial $54.90 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $56.44 ↓ -18%
Medica Elect $57.71 ↓ -16%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $30.82 $14.43 – $62.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $35.95 $14.43 – $78.68

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