Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12015 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

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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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$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.

$147.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $545.11 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

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 $147.55 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $185.25 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $198.90 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -55%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -55%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $204.75 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $215.56 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $215.56 ↓ -52%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $218.57 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $218.57 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $250.20 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $253.59 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $253.59 ↓ -43%
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 $545.11 ↑ +23%

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Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12015 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $620.80 $187.87 – $698.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $492.80 $149.13 – $554.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $588.80 $178.19 – $662.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $520.00 $157.37 – $585.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $424.00 $128.31 – $477.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $588.80 $144.42 – $662.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $492.80 $149.13 – $554.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $644.00 $208.64 – $724.50

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