Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$188.00
Cash price 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.
$235.00
Gross charge 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.
$28.69 with Sanford Health Plan vs $347.84 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $28.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $28.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $33.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $33.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $33.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $40.70 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $45.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $52.54 | ↓ -72% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $57.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $60.68 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $61.79 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Choice | $66.01 | ↓ -65% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $66.60 | ↓ -65% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $66.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $66.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Medica | Elect | $70.67 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $94.15 | ↓ -50% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $120.18 | ↓ -36% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $129.03 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $130.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $132.83 | ↓ -29% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $141.79 | ↓ -25% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $141.79 | ↓ -25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $347.84 | ↑ +85% |
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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $55.20 | $16.70 – $62.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $124.80 | $37.77 – $140.40 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $60.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $141.60 | $42.85 – $159.30 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $69.60 | $34.18 – $132.83 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $124.80 | $37.77 – $140.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $72.00 | $30.92 – $81.00 |