Exc mal+marg tal 1.1-2 cm 11602 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

$653.60

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.

$817.00

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.

$197.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $767.98 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 $197.80 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $349.68 ↓ -46%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $375.00 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $375.00 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $379.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $379.09 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $379.09 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $379.09 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $386.03 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $413.40 ↓ -37%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $449.35 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $562.91 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $644.94 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $644.94 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $653.60 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $668.31 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $682.20 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $709.97 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $717.82 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $718.14 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $735.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $735.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $735.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $735.30 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $755.89 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $758.75 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $758.75 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $767.98 ↑ +18%

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Exc mal+marg tal 1.1-2 cm 11602 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,684.00 $419.51 – $1,894.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,732.00 $287.67 – $1,948.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $653.60 $197.80 – $735.30
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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