Bypass temp external fem-fem 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

$3,135.20

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.

$3,919.00

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.

$463.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,672.93 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.

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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 PMAP $463.00 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $576.42 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $618.90 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $624.96 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $624.96 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $624.96 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $624.96 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $624.96 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $637.10 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $680.09 ↓ -78%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $680.09 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,491.09 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,491.09 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,710.56 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,730.70 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,754.16 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,754.16 ↓ -44%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,115.30 ↓ -33%
Health Partners State Employees $2,369.14 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $2,730.66 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $3,003.73 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $3,153.72 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $3,211.41 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $3,430.63 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $3,461.40 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $3,461.40 ↑ +10%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,461.40 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $3,672.93 ↑ +17%

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,780.80 $453.20 – $4,102.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $8,742.00 $563.01 – $3,784.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,830.64 $576.56 – $2,412.19
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $8,742.00 $563.01 – $3,784.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,830.64 $576.56 – $2,412.19
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $8,742.00 $563.01 – $3,784.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,830.64 $576.56 – $2,213.01
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,830.64 $576.56 – $2,213.01

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