Shave sgl skin lsn f/e/e/n/l/m 0.5cm/< 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

$224.00

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.

$280.00

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.

$67.79 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $263.20 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 $67.79 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $119.84 ↓ -47%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $128.52 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $129.92 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $129.92 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $129.92 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $129.92 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $132.30 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $141.68 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $154.00 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $192.92 ↓ -14%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -7%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $221.03 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $221.03 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $224.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $229.04 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $233.80 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $243.32 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $246.01 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $246.12 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $252.00 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $252.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $252.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $252.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $259.06 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $260.04 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $260.04 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $263.20 ↑ +18%

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Shave sgl skin lsn f/e/e/n/l/m 0.5cm/< at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $404.80 $122.50 – $455.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $224.00 $67.79 – $252.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $208.64 – $208.64
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $208.64 – $208.64
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $208.64 – $208.64
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $144.42 – $204.75
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $147.55 – $204.75
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $208.64 – $208.64

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