Nebulizer Breathing Treatment 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

$204.00

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.

$255.00

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.

$52.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $213.56 with Ucare — 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 $52.29 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $92.45 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $99.14 ↓ -51%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $99.14 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $100.22 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $100.22 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $100.22 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $100.22 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $102.06 ↓ -50%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $109.30 ↓ -46%
Security Health Plan Commercial $118.80 ↓ -42%
Health Partners State Employees $148.82 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $170.51 ↓ -16%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $170.51 ↓ -16%
Health Partners Commercial $172.80 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $176.69 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $180.36 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $187.70 ↓ -8%
Ucare Commercial $189.78 ↓ -7%
Medica Choice $189.86 ↓ -7%
Healthez Commercial $194.40 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial $194.40 ↓ -5%
Multiplan Commercial $194.40 ↓ -5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $194.40 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $199.84 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $200.60 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $200.60 ↓ -2%
Medica Elect $203.04 ↓ -0%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $213.56 ↑ +5%

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Nebulizer Breathing Treatment at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $148.00 $20.09 – $74.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $168.00 $39.46 – $146.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $208.00 $33.41 – $124.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $276.80 $36.07 – $134.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $168.00 $95.70 – $209.59
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $252.00 $31.40 – $209.59
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $204.00 $52.29 – $194.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $224.80 $50.49 – $132.30

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