An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at Sanford Worthington Medical Center

1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$644.00

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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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$805.00

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.

$312.10 with Sanford Health Plan vs $9,420.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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
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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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $312.10 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $312.10 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $362.25 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $367.16 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $367.16 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $442.75 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $495.88 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $571.55 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $628.71 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $660.10 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $672.18 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $718.06 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $724.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $724.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $724.50 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $768.78 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $2,549.84 ↑ +296%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $3,290.25 ↑ +411%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,532.69 ↑ +449%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,567.32 ↑ +454%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,567.32 ↑ +454%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,567.32 ↑ +454%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $3,567.32 ↑ +454%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,567.32 ↑ +454%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,636.59 ↑ +465%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,881.97 ↑ +503%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,881.97 ↑ +503%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $9,420.44 ↑ +1363%

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An cholangiogram percutaneous compl at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,715.20 $1,546.65 – $3,636.59
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $951.79 $296.90 – $5,889.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $825.10 $426.42 – $7,359.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $951.79 $296.90 – $8,834.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $825.10 $426.42 – $7,359.62
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $880.88 $444.87 – $3,689.91
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $951.79 $296.90 – $5,889.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $825.10 $426.42 – $7,359.62

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →