Exc ben+marg excep skin tag tal 0.6-1cm 11401 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

$421.60

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.

$527.00

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.

$127.59 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $495.38 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 $127.59 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $225.56 ↓ -46%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $241.89 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $241.89 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $244.53 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $244.53 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $244.53 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $244.53 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $249.01 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $266.66 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $289.85 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $363.10 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $416.01 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $416.01 ↓ -1%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -0%
Health Partners Commercial $421.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $431.09 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $440.05 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $457.96 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $463.02 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $463.23 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $474.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $474.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $474.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $474.30 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $487.58 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $489.42 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $489.42 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $495.38 ↑ +18%

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Exc ben+marg excep skin tag tal 0.6-1cm 11401 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,284.80 $388.81 – $1,445.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $728.80 $287.67 – $819.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $421.60 $127.59 – $474.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $293.89 – $411.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $419.51 – $419.51

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