Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$235.20
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.
$294.00
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.
$94.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $347.84 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $94.15 | ↓ -60% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $100.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $100.03 | ↓ -57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $116.10 | ↓ -51% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $117.67 | ↓ -50% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $117.67 | ↓ -50% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $120.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $129.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $132.83 | ↓ -44% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $141.79 | ↓ -40% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $141.79 | ↓ -40% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $141.90 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $158.93 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $183.18 | ↓ -22% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $201.50 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $211.56 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $215.43 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Choice | $230.14 | ↓ -2% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $232.20 | ↓ -1% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $232.20 | ↓ -1% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $232.20 | ↓ -1% |
| Medica | Elect | $246.39 | ↑ +5% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $347.84 | ↑ +48% |
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Bladder Catheter Insertion (simple) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $297.60 | $82.80 – $307.80 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $282.40 | $85.46 – $317.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $283.20 | $85.70 – $318.60 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $270.40 | $81.83 – $304.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $196.00 | $59.31 – $220.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $283.20 | $92.16 – $318.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $282.40 | $85.46 – $317.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $260.00 | $111.64 – $292.50 |