Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$164.00
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.
$205.00
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.
$62.42 with Sanford Health Plan vs $580.77 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 | $62.42 | ↓ -62% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $62.42 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $72.45 | ↓ -56% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $73.43 | ↓ -55% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $73.43 | ↓ -55% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $88.55 | ↓ -46% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $99.18 | ↓ -40% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $114.31 | ↓ -30% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $125.74 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $132.02 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $134.44 | ↓ -18% |
| Medica | Choice | $143.61 | ↓ -12% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $144.90 | ↓ -12% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $144.90 | ↓ -12% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $144.90 | ↓ -12% |
| Medica | Elect | $153.76 | ↓ -6% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $157.20 | ↓ -4% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $189.63 | ↑ +16% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $203.60 | ↑ +24% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $205.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $205.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $205.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $205.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $205.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $209.59 | ↑ +28% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $223.73 | ↑ +36% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $223.73 | ↑ +36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $580.77 | ↑ +254% |
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Demonstration/evaluation utilization aersol generator/nebulizer/metered dose inhaler/ippb device at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $110.40 | $33.41 – $124.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $204.00 | $61.74 – $229.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $115.20 | $34.86 – $129.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $180.00 | $34.14 – $126.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $204.80 | $65.62 – $209.59 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $204.00 | $61.74 – $229.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $182.40 | $78.32 – $205.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $182.40 | $78.32 – $205.20 |