Inj, lidocaine w epinephrine 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

$62.62

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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$78.27

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.

$6.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $24.92 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 $6.42 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $11.35 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $12.17 ↓ -81%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $12.17 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $12.30 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $12.30 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $12.30 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $12.30 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $12.53 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $13.41 ↓ -79%
Security Health Plan Commercial $14.58 ↓ -77%
Health Partners State Employees $18.27 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $20.93 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.93 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Commercial $21.21 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $21.69 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $22.14 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $23.04 ↓ -63%
Ucare Commercial $23.29 ↓ -63%
Medica Choice $23.30 ↓ -63%
Healthez Commercial $23.86 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial $23.86 ↓ -62%
Multiplan Commercial $23.86 ↓ -62%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $23.86 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $24.53 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $24.62 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $24.62 ↓ -61%
Medica Elect $24.92 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Inj, lidocaine w epinephrine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $48.53 $13.35 – $49.63
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $24.68 $7.32 – $27.22
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $60.48 $4.62 – $17.16
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $44.79 $0.98 – $1.95
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $60.55 $7.27 – $16.88
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $21.55 $6.42 – $23.87
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $36.40 $6.02 – $15.77
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $36.40 $6.02 – $15.77

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