Clsd tx dist fib fx w/manip 27788 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

$600.00

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.

$750.00

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.

$173.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $716.25 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 $173.80 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $223.65 ↓ -63%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $240.13 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $242.48 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $242.48 ↓ -60%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $242.48 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $242.48 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $242.48 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $247.19 ↓ -59%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $263.87 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $263.87 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $290.78 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $290.78 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $337.50 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $342.08 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $342.08 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $412.50 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $462.00 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $532.50 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $585.75 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $615.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $626.25 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $642.12 ↑ +7%
Medica Choice $669.00 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $675.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $675.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $675.00 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $716.25 ↑ +19%

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Clsd tx dist fib fx w/manip 27788 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $844.00 $251.87 – $949.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $728.00 $220.31 – $819.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $788.80 $238.71 – $887.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $728.00 $170.13 – $819.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $844.00 $251.87 – $949.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $777.60 $251.87 – $874.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $777.60 $251.87 – $874.80
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $251.87 – $251.87

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