Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at Sanford Westbrook Hospital
920 Bell Ave, Westbrook, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1942253547
$1,127.20
Cash price 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.
$1,409.00
Gross charge 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.
$341.12 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,324.46 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $341.12 | ↓ -70% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $603.05 | ↓ -47% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $646.73 | ↓ -43% |
| Wellmark SD | Medicare Replacement | $646.73 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $653.78 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $653.78 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $653.78 | ↓ -42% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $653.78 | ↓ -42% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $665.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $712.95 | ↓ -37% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $774.95 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $970.80 | ↓ -14% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $1,112.26 | ↓ -1% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $1,112.26 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $1,127.20 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $1,152.56 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $1,176.52 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,224.42 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $1,237.95 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $1,238.51 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $1,268.10 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,268.10 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,268.10 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,268.10 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $1,303.61 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $1,308.54 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $1,308.54 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $1,324.46 | ↑ +18% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $578.40 | $175.04 – $650.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $560.80 | $1.02 – $630.90 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $519.20 | $1.00 – $584.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,127.20 | $341.12 – $1,268.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $540.00 | $231.86 – $607.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $540.00 | $231.86 – $607.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $633.12 | $301.00 – $1,088.43 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $823.37 | $286.00 – $1,290.76 |