Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$61.28

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.

$76.60

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.

$18.43 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $71.54 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 $18.43 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $32.58 ↓ -47%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $34.93 ↓ -43%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $34.93 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $35.32 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $35.32 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $35.32 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $35.32 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $35.96 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $38.51 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.86 ↓ -32%
Health Partners State Employees $52.44 ↓ -14%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $60.08 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $60.08 ↓ -2%
Health Partners Commercial $60.89 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $62.26 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.55 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $66.14 ↑ +8%
Ucare Commercial $66.87 ↑ +9%
Medica Choice $66.90 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $68.50 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $68.50 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $68.50 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.50 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $70.42 ↑ +15%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $70.68 ↑ +15%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $70.68 ↑ +15%
Medica Elect $71.54 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.76 $14.81 – $55.06
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.49 $7.59 – $28.21
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.89 $18.73 – $69.62
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $59.00 $1.02 – $50.56
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $146.20 $1.00 – $68.71
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $61.18 $18.48 – $68.71
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $42.05 $15.15 – $39.69
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $42.05 $15.15 – $39.69

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