Device ablt adv novasure 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

$760.80

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.

$951.00

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.

$1.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $881.47 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 Commercial/Federal $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.00 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $357.85 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $357.85 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $415.35 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $420.98 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $420.98 ↓ -45%
Security Health Plan Commercial $507.65 ↓ -33%
Health Partners State Employees $568.57 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Commercial $655.33 ↓ -14%
Ucare Commercial $720.86 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $756.86 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $770.71 ↑ +1%
Medica Choice $823.32 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $830.70 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $830.70 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $830.70 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $881.47 ↑ +16%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Device ablt adv novasure at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $12,420.00 $1.02 – $763.78
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $24,069.12 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $28,080.64 $909.87 – $2,885.03
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $24,069.12 not published
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $28,080.64 $909.87 – $2,885.03
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $5,839.57 $1,333.09 – $2,748.67
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $24,069.12 not published
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $28,080.64 $909.87 – $2,885.03

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