Flow cytometry marker each additional 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

$216.00

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.

$270.00

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.

$20.82 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $80.84 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 $20.82 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $36.81 ↓ -83%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $39.47 ↓ -82%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $39.47 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $39.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $39.90 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $39.90 ↓ -82%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $39.90 ↓ -82%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $40.64 ↓ -81%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $43.52 ↓ -80%
Security Health Plan Commercial $47.30 ↓ -78%
Health Partners State Employees $59.25 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $67.89 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $67.89 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Commercial $68.80 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $70.35 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $71.81 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $74.73 ↓ -65%
Ucare Commercial $75.56 ↓ -65%
Medica Choice $75.59 ↓ -65%
Healthez Commercial $77.40 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $77.40 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $77.40 ↓ -64%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $77.40 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $79.57 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $79.87 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $79.87 ↓ -63%
Medica Elect $80.84 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Flow cytometry marker each additional at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $121.60 $36.80 – $136.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $93.60 $28.33 – $105.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $121.60 $27.12 – $100.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $148.80 $45.03 – $167.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $93.60 $1.02 – $105.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $134.40 $1.00 – $139.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $216.00 $20.82 – $77.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $114.40 $25.42 – $66.60

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