Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$2,838.40

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.

$3,548.00

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.

$1,046.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,866.48 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
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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 $1,046.54 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,217.14 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,306.82 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,345.26 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,375.56 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,375.56 ↓ -52%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,436.03 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,436.03 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,596.60 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,618.24 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,618.24 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,951.40 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $2,185.57 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $2,519.08 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $2,770.99 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $2,909.36 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,962.58 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $3,164.82 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,193.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $3,193.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $3,193.20 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $3,388.34 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,866.48 ↑ +36%

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Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,516.80 $761.65 – $2,831.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $3,461.60 $1,047.57 – $3,894.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $2,913.60 $881.73 – $3,277.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,692.00 $814.67 – $3,028.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,913.60 $1,024.41 – $3,277.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $3,461.60 $1,047.57 – $3,894.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,594.40 $684.60 – $1,793.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,594.40 $684.60 – $1,793.70

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