Ghs incision thrombosed ext hemorrhoid 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

$444.80

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.

$556.00

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.

$182.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $672.95 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 $182.15 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $215.56 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $215.56 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $226.75 ↓ -49%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $243.46 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $250.20 ↓ -44%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $250.62 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $253.59 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $253.59 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $267.53 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $267.53 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $305.80 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $342.50 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $394.76 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $434.24 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $455.92 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $464.26 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $495.95 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $500.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $500.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $500.40 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $530.98 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $672.95 ↑ +51%

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Ghs incision thrombosed ext hemorrhoid at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $658.40 $199.25 – $740.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $492.80 $149.13 – $554.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $561.60 $169.95 – $631.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $407.20 $123.23 – $458.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $561.60 $178.29 – $631.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $492.80 $149.13 – $554.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $654.40 $255.37 – $736.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $654.40 $255.37 – $736.20

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