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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$2,761.60
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.
$3,452.00
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.
$283.44 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,296.66 with Medica — 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 | $283.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $332.96 | ↓ -88% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $357.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $361.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $361.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $361.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $361.00 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $361.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $368.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $392.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $392.84 | ↓ -86% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $1,047.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $1,338.34 | ↓ -52% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $1,338.34 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $1,553.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $1,574.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $1,574.46 | ↓ -43% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $1,898.60 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $2,126.43 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $2,450.92 | ↓ -11% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $2,696.01 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,830.64 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $2,882.42 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Choice | $3,079.18 | ↑ +11% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $3,106.80 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $3,106.80 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $3,106.80 | ↑ +13% |
| Medica | Elect | $3,296.66 | ↑ +19% |
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $3,021.60 | $374.99 – $3,399.30 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $3,181.60 | $374.99 – $3,579.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $3,313.60 | $374.99 – $3,727.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,037.60 | $374.99 – $3,417.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,888.80 | $374.99 – $3,249.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,181.60 | $277.45 – $3,579.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $3,313.60 | $374.99 – $3,727.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,924.80 | $374.99 – $3,290.40 |