Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$552.00

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.

$690.00

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.

$267.51 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,047.17 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $267.51 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $267.51 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $283.44 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $310.50 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $314.71 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $314.71 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $332.96 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $357.50 ↓ -35%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $361.00 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $361.00 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $361.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $361.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $361.00 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $368.01 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $379.50 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $392.84 ↓ -29%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $392.84 ↓ -29%
Health Partners State Employees $425.04 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $489.90 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $538.89 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $565.80 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $576.15 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $615.48 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $621.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $621.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $621.00 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $658.95 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,047.17 ↑ +90%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $876.00 $265.10 – $985.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $804.00 $243.31 – $904.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $478.40 $144.78 – $538.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $844.00 $277.45 – $949.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $793.60 $340.75 – $892.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $793.60 $340.75 – $892.80

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