Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge 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

$148.16

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.

$185.19

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 $75.94 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 Commercial/Federal $1.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.00 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $30.83 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $30.83 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $35.78 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $36.27 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $36.27 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $43.74 ↓ -70%
Health Partners State Employees $48.98 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Commercial $56.46 ↓ -62%
Ucare Commercial $62.11 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $65.21 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $66.40 ↓ -55%
Medica Choice $70.93 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Commercial $71.57 ↓ -52%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $71.57 ↓ -52%
Healthez Commercial $71.57 ↓ -52%
Medica Elect $75.94 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $85.00 $25.72 – $95.63
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $65.86 $18.96 – $70.47
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $53.40 $16.16 – $60.08
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $37.12 $11.23 – $41.76
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $270.78 $19.55 – $72.67
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $762.71 $1.02 – $10.67
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $147.84 $19.58 – $72.77
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $837.12 $84.70 – $221.92

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