Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous 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

$64.83

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$81.03

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.

$19.06 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $74.00 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

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 $19.06 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $33.69 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $36.13 ↓ -44%
Wellmark SD Medicare Replacement $36.13 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $36.53 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $36.53 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $36.53 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $36.53 ↓ -44%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $37.20 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $39.83 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.30 ↓ -33%
Health Partners State Employees $54.24 ↓ -16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $62.14 ↓ -4%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $62.14 ↓ -4%
Health Partners Commercial $62.98 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $64.39 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $65.73 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $68.41 ↑ +6%
Ucare Commercial $69.16 ↑ +7%
Medica Choice $69.19 ↑ +7%
Healthez Commercial $70.85 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $70.85 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $70.85 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $70.85 ↑ +9%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $72.83 ↑ +12%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $73.11 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $73.11 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $74.00 ↑ +14%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $114.88 $19.83 – $73.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $57.55 $15.92 – $59.18
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $33.12 $8.17 – $30.36
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $67.49 $19.82 – $73.68
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $55.37 $1.02 – $60.26
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.68 $1.00 – $71.63
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $68.87 $20.84 – $77.47
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $70.42 $17.20 – $45.05

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