Boot walker genesis mid-calf full shell s 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

$83.20

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.

$104.00

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.

$25.18 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $97.76 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 $25.18 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $44.51 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $47.74 ↓ -43%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $47.74 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $49.14 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $52.62 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $57.20 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $71.66 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $82.10 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $82.10 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $83.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $85.07 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $86.84 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $90.38 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $91.37 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $91.42 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $93.60 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $93.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $93.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $93.60 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $96.22 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $96.58 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $96.58 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $97.76 ↑ +18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Boot walker genesis mid-calf full shell s at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $480.00 $45.47 – $436.72
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $83.20 $25.18 – $93.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $161.52 $84.13 – $318.23
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $188.44 $60.93 – $412.31
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $161.52 $84.13 – $123.68
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $188.44 $60.93 – $412.31
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $170.30 $49.64 – $513.69
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $161.52 $84.13 – $123.68

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