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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at Sanford Westbrook Hospital

920 Bell Ave, Westbrook, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1942253547

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$78.40

Cash price

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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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$98.00

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.

$23.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $91.18 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

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 $23.48 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $41.52 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $44.52 ↓ -43%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $44.52 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $45.01 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $45.01 ↓ -43%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $45.01 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $45.01 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $45.83 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $49.08 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $53.35 ↓ -32%
Health Partners State Employees $66.83 ↓ -15%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $76.57 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $76.57 ↓ -2%
Health Partners Commercial $77.60 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $79.35 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $81.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Commercial $84.29 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $85.22 ↑ +9%
Medica Choice $85.26 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $87.30 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $87.30 ↑ +11%
Healthez Commercial $87.30 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $87.30 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $89.74 ↑ +14%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $90.08 ↑ +15%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $90.08 ↑ +15%
Medica Elect $91.18 ↑ +16%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $83.20 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $52.00 $3.63 – $13.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $32.00 $8.96 – $33.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $78.40 $23.48 – $87.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $51.20 $4.81 – $12.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $51.20 $4.81 – $12.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $4.08 – $4.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $4.08 – $4.50

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →