Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) 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

$1,652.80

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.

$2,066.00

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.

$479.67 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,772.14 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 $479.67 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $514.48 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $514.48 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $597.15 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $605.24 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $605.24 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $610.10 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $655.05 ↓ -60%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $661.47 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $661.47 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $661.47 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $661.47 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $661.47 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $674.32 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $719.82 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $719.82 ↓ -56%
Security Health Plan Commercial $729.85 ↓ -56%
Health Partners State Employees $817.43 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $942.17 ↓ -43%
Ucare Commercial $1,036.39 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $1,088.14 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,108.05 ↓ -33%
Medica Choice $1,183.68 ↓ -28%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,194.30 ↓ -28%
Healthez Commercial $1,194.30 ↓ -28%
Multiplan Commercial $1,194.30 ↓ -28%
Medica Elect $1,267.29 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,772.14 ↑ +7%

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Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,224.80 $370.66 – $1,377.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,760.80 $532.86 – $1,980.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,792.00 $542.30 – $2,016.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,174.40 $355.40 – $1,321.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,544.00 $467.25 – $1,737.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,792.00 $469.52 – $2,016.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,760.80 $532.86 – $1,980.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,659.20 $687.10 – $1,866.60

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