Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$88.80

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.

$111.00

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.

$25.18 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $97.76 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 $25.18 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $44.51 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $47.74 ↓ -46%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $47.74 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -46%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $48.26 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $49.14 ↓ -45%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $52.62 ↓ -41%
Security Health Plan Commercial $57.20 ↓ -36%
Health Partners State Employees $71.66 ↓ -19%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $82.10 ↓ -8%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $82.10 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Commercial $83.20 ↓ -6%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $85.07 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $86.84 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $90.38 ↑ +2%
Ucare Commercial $91.37 ↑ +3%
Medica Choice $91.42 ↑ +3%
Healthez Commercial $93.60 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial $93.60 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Commercial $93.60 ↑ +5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $93.60 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $96.22 ↑ +8%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $96.58 ↑ +9%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $96.58 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $97.76 ↑ +10%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $71.20 $12.35 – $45.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $60.80 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $66.40 $10.89 – $40.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $88.80 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $38.35 $5.28 – $42.07
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $35.06 $5.28 – $53.02

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