Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without 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

$29.60

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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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$37.00

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.

$14.34 with Sanford Health Plan vs $342.91 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

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 $14.34 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $14.34 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $16.65 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $16.88 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $16.88 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $20.35 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $22.79 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $26.27 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $28.90 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $30.34 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $30.90 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $33.00 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $33.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $33.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $33.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $35.34 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $254.37 ↑ +759%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $254.37 ↑ +759%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $310.25 ↑ +948%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $333.11 ↑ +1025%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +1036%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +1036%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +1036%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +1036%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $336.38 ↑ +1036%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $342.91 ↑ +1058%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $33.60 $9.93 – $36.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $37.60 $8.96 – $33.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $387.35 $117.22 – $435.76
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $41.60 $12.59 – $46.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $387.35 $16.86 – $342.91
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $37.60 $8.96 – $33.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $421.73 $8.50 – $279.72
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $492.02 $6.16 – $362.41

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