Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$731.20
Cash price 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.
$914.00
Gross charge 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.
$354.36 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,772.14 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $354.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $354.36 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $411.30 | ↓ -44% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $416.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $416.88 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $479.67 | ↓ -34% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $502.70 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $563.02 | ↓ -23% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $610.10 | ↓ -17% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $648.94 | ↓ -11% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $655.05 | ↓ -10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $661.47 | ↓ -10% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $661.47 | ↓ -10% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $661.47 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $661.47 | ↓ -10% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $661.47 | ↓ -10% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $674.32 | ↓ -8% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $713.83 | ↓ -2% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $719.82 | ↓ -2% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $719.82 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $749.48 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $763.19 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Choice | $815.29 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $822.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $822.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $822.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Medica | Elect | $872.87 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $1,772.14 | ↑ +142% |
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Ghs pacing - transcutaneous at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $815.20 | $246.70 – $917.10 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $738.40 | $223.46 – $830.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $738.40 | $420.61 – $830.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $815.20 | $246.70 – $917.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $4,112.30 | $595.90 – $1,900.25 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $5,358.08 | $629.72 – $7,060.20 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $4,112.30 | $595.90 – $1,638.24 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $5,358.08 | $629.72 – $7,060.20 |