Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$2,059.20
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.
$2,574.00
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.
$446.24 with Sanford Health Plan vs $4,414.64 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.
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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| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $446.24 | ↓ -78% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $446.24 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $517.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $524.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $524.97 | ↓ -75% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $633.05 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $709.02 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $817.21 | ↓ -60% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $898.93 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $943.82 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $961.09 | ↓ -53% |
| Medica | Choice | $1,026.69 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,035.90 | ↓ -50% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,035.90 | ↓ -50% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $1,035.90 | ↓ -50% |
| Medica | Elect | $1,099.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $1,194.92 | ↓ -42% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $1,510.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $1,621.91 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $1,637.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $1,637.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $1,637.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $1,637.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $1,637.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $1,669.61 | ↓ -19% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $1,782.26 | ↓ -13% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $1,782.26 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $4,414.64 | ↑ +114% |
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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,554.40 | $470.40 – $1,748.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,575.20 | $1,169.64 – $2,897.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,892.80 | $812.72 – $2,129.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,892.80 | $812.72 – $2,129.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $746.26 | $235.36 – $3,895.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $917.17 | $338.04 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $746.26 | $235.36 – $4,056.36 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $917.17 | $338.04 – $4,275.53 |