Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 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

$57.60

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.

$72.00

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.

$27.91 with Sanford Health Plan vs $242.69 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 SD Exchange True $27.91 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $27.91 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $32.40 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $32.84 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $32.84 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $39.60 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $44.35 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $51.12 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $56.23 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $59.04 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $60.12 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $64.22 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $64.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $64.80 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $64.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $65.69 ↑ +14%
Medica Elect $68.76 ↑ +19%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $86.24 ↑ +50%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $92.60 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $93.50 ↑ +62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $93.50 ↑ +62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $93.50 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $93.50 ↑ +62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $93.50 ↑ +62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $95.32 ↑ +65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $242.69 ↑ +321%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Behavior counsel obesity 15min medicare g0447 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.60 $18.64 – $69.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $56.80 $32.35 – $95.32
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $88.80 $38.13 – $99.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $88.80 $38.13 – $99.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $45.36 $54.83 – $143.08
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $45.36 $54.83 – $143.08
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $45.36 $54.83 – $143.08
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $45.36 $54.83 – $143.08

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