Brace ankle stablizing lg 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

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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.

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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.

$83.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $125.91 with Primewest — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $83.44 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $83.44 —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $113.91 —
Ucare Medicare Replacement $122.31 —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $123.51 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $123.51 —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $123.51 —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $123.51 —
Aetna Medicare Replacement $123.51 —
Primewest Medicare Replacement $125.91 —

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $116.80 $13.07 – $48.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $54.40 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $140.40 $22.13 – $125.91
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $54.40 $16.46 – $61.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $138.34 $8.50 – $91.75
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $161.39 $6.16 – $118.87
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $138.34 $8.50 – $35.66
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $161.39 $6.16 – $118.87

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