Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution 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

$88.15

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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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$110.18

Gross charge

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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.

$26.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $103.57 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $26.67 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $47.16 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $50.57 ↓ -43%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $50.57 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $51.12 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $51.12 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $51.12 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $51.12 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $52.06 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $55.75 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $60.60 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $75.91 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $86.98 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $86.98 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $88.14 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $90.13 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $92.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $95.75 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $96.80 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $96.85 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $99.16 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $99.16 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $99.16 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $99.16 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $101.94 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $102.32 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $102.32 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $103.57 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $82.79 $25.05 – $93.13
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $83.18 $25.17 – $93.57
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $64.36 $19.47 – $72.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $86.82 $26.27 – $97.67
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $86.34 $17.20 – $91.91
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $87.64 $26.52 – $98.59
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $72.64 $31.19 – $81.71
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $72.64 $31.19 – $81.71

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