Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector 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

$112.80

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.

$141.00

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.

$35.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $134.66 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 PMAP $35.00 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $43.02 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $46.19 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $46.64 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $46.64 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $46.64 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $46.64 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $46.64 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $47.55 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $54.67 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $54.67 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $63.45 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $64.31 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $64.31 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $77.55 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $86.86 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $100.11 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $110.12 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $115.62 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $117.74 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $125.77 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $126.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $126.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $126.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $129.33 ↑ +15%
Medica Elect $134.66 ↑ +19%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ghs IV inf sq injection, on-body injector at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $139.20 $42.13 – $156.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $131.20 $34.27 – $71.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $138.40 $59.43 – $155.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $138.40 $59.43 – $155.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $220.61 $42.01 – $99.42
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $74.59 $45.85 – $121.72
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $220.61 $38.56 – $115.50
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $74.59 $45.85 – $121.72

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