Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 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

$385.60

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$482.00

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.

$182.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $672.95 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

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 $182.15 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $183.38 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $183.38 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $212.85 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $215.74 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $215.74 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $226.75 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $243.46 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -36%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -36%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $250.62 ↓ -35%
Security Health Plan Commercial $260.15 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $267.53 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $267.53 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $291.37 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $335.83 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $369.41 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $387.86 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $394.96 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $421.92 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $425.70 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $425.70 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $425.70 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $451.72 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $672.95 ↑ +75%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $520.00 $157.37 – $585.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $548.00 $165.84 – $616.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $536.00 $162.21 – $603.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $548.00 $178.29 – $616.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $556.00 $238.73 – $625.50

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