Application lower leg splint 29515 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

$270.40

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.

$338.00

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.

$116.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $429.06 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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 $116.13 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $131.04 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $131.04 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $147.11 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $152.10 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $154.16 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $154.16 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $157.95 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -41%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $162.60 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $173.57 ↓ -36%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $173.57 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $185.90 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $208.21 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $239.98 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $263.98 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $277.16 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $282.23 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $301.50 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $304.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $304.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $304.20 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $322.79 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $429.06 ↑ +59%

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Application lower leg splint 29515 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $365.60 $110.64 – $411.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $299.20 $90.55 – $336.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $369.60 $111.85 – $415.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $382.40 $115.72 – $430.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $257.60 $77.96 – $289.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $369.60 $113.68 – $415.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $299.20 $90.55 – $336.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $393.60 $165.68 – $442.80

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