Ghs intermed repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm-12036 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

$1,252.00

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.

$1,565.00

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.

$378.89 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,471.10 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 $378.89 ↓ -70%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $642.74 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $669.82 ↓ -47%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $718.34 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $718.34 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $726.16 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $726.16 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $726.16 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $726.16 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $739.46 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $791.89 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $860.75 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,078.29 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,235.41 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,235.41 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $1,252.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,280.17 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,306.78 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,359.99 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,375.01 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,375.64 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $1,408.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,408.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,408.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,408.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,447.94 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,453.42 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,453.42 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $1,471.10 ↑ +18%

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Ghs intermed repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm-12036 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,688.80 $511.07 – $1,899.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,088.00 $329.26 – $1,224.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,688.80 $453.09 – $1,899.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,130.40 $462.88 – $1,271.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,252.00 $378.89 – $1,408.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,572.80 $642.74 – $1,769.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,572.80 $642.74 – $1,769.40
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $642.74 – $642.74

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