Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$237.60

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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$297.00

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.

$9.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $35.72 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 $9.20 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $16.26 ↓ -93%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $17.44 ↓ -93%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $17.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $17.63 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $17.63 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $17.63 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $17.63 ↓ -93%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $17.96 ↓ -92%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $19.23 ↓ -92%
Security Health Plan Commercial $20.90 ↓ -91%
Health Partners State Employees $26.18 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $30.00 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $30.00 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Commercial $30.40 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $31.08 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $31.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $33.02 ↓ -86%
Ucare Commercial $33.39 ↓ -86%
Medica Choice $33.40 ↓ -86%
Healthez Commercial $34.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial $34.20 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Commercial $34.20 ↓ -86%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $34.20 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $35.16 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $35.29 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $35.29 ↓ -85%
Medica Elect $35.72 ↓ -85%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,928.00 $8.47 – $31.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $652.16 $38.89 – $144.59
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,616.00 $8.72 – $32.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $7,728.00 $1.02 – $47.39
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,586.40 $1.00 – $28.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $237.60 $9.20 – $34.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $792.80 $30.57 – $80.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $792.80 $30.57 – $80.10

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