Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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

$212.00

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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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$265.00

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.

$23.65 with Sanford Health Plan vs $200.24 with Primewest — 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $23.65 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $23.65 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $27.45 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $27.82 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $27.82 ↓ -87%
Security Health Plan Commercial $33.55 ↓ -84%
Health Partners State Employees $37.58 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Commercial $43.31 ↓ -80%
Ucare Commercial $47.64 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $50.02 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $50.94 ↓ -76%
Medica Choice $54.41 ↓ -74%
Multiplan Commercial $54.90 ↓ -74%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.90 ↓ -74%
Healthez Commercial $54.90 ↓ -74%
Medica Elect $58.26 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $158.31 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $158.31 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $181.17 ↓ -15%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $194.51 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -7%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -7%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -7%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $200.24 ↓ -6%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $59.20 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $92.80 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $57.60 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $224.11 $13.84 – $200.24
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $92.80 $15.49 – $57.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $262.46 $8.42 – $174.09
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $306.21 $6.09 – $225.55
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $262.46 $8.42 – $67.66

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