Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 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

$220.00

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.

$275.00

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.

$106.62 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,085.77 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.

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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 $106.62 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $106.62 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $123.75 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $125.43 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $125.43 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $151.25 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $169.40 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $195.25 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $214.78 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $225.50 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $229.63 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $245.30 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $247.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $247.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $247.50 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $262.63 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $293.89 ↑ +34%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $372.49 ↑ +69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $399.94 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +84%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +84%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +84%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $411.70 ↑ +87%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $439.48 ↑ +100%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $439.48 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,085.77 ↑ +394%

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Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $731.20 $221.28 – $822.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $691.20 $209.17 – $777.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $734.40 $287.67 – $826.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $691.20 $209.17 – $777.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $474.72 $346.03 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $193.54 $186.23 – $1,153.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $474.72 $346.03 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $193.54 $186.23 – $1,153.62

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