Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$555.20

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.

$694.00

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 $662.77 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 $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1.00 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $33.70 ↓ -94%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $36.19 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $36.54 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $36.54 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $36.54 ↓ -93%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $36.54 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $36.54 ↓ -93%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $37.25 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $269.06 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $269.06 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $312.30 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $316.53 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $316.53 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $381.70 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $427.50 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $492.74 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $542.01 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $569.08 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $579.49 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $619.05 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $662.77 ↑ +19%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $500.00 $151.31 – $562.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $140.50 $19.47 – $1,911.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $173.26 $27.97 – $2,083.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $140.50 $19.47 – $1,866.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $173.26 $27.97 – $2,083.00

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