Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 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

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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.

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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.

$71.35 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $263.59 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $71.35 —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $85.58 —
Ucare Medicare Replacement $91.88 —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $92.79 —
Aetna Medicare Replacement $92.79 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $92.79 —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $92.79 —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $92.79 —
Primewest Medicare Replacement $94.59 —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $100.97 —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $100.97 —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $263.59 —

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Electronic analysis with brain program first 15 min 95983 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $69.83 – $94.59
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $96.38 – $96.38
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $96.38 – $96.38

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