Apply short leg castambul type 29425 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

$244.80

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.

$306.00

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.

$118.64 with Sanford Health Plan vs $731.28 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
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $118.64 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $118.64 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $137.70 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $139.57 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $139.57 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $168.30 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $188.50 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $197.94 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $217.26 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $238.99 ↓ -2%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $250.92 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $255.51 ↑ +4%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $265.85 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $268.46 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $268.46 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $268.46 ↑ +10%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $268.46 ↑ +10%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $268.46 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $272.95 ↑ +11%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $273.67 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $275.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $275.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $275.40 ↑ +13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $292.14 ↑ +19%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $292.14 ↑ +19%
Medica Elect $292.23 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $731.28 ↑ +199%

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Apply short leg castambul type 29425 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $394.40 $119.36 – $443.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $138.14 $237.68 – $674.76
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $138.14 $237.68 – $664.87
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $138.14 $237.68 – $333.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $278.86 – $278.86

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