Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$182.43

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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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$228.03

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.

$1.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $122.26 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

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 Commercial/Federal $1.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.00 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $49.63 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $49.63 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $57.61 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $58.39 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $58.39 ↓ -68%
Security Health Plan Commercial $70.41 ↓ -61%
Health Partners State Employees $78.86 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Commercial $90.89 ↓ -50%
Ucare Commercial $99.98 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial $104.98 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $106.90 ↓ -41%
Medica Choice $114.19 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Commercial $115.22 ↓ -37%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $115.22 ↓ -37%
Healthez Commercial $115.22 ↓ -37%
Medica Elect $122.26 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $106.26 $31.72 – $117.92
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $108.18 $32.49 – $120.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $51.20 $15.01 – $55.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $127.20 $38.20 – $142.02
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.00 $1.02 – $52.43
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $70.95 $21.25 – $79.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $194.72 $23.36 – $61.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $194.72 $23.36 – $61.20

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