Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm 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

$76.00

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.

$94.99

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.

$35.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $87.57 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 $35.32 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $35.32 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $35.55 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $35.55 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $41.27 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $41.82 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $41.82 ↓ -45%
Security Health Plan Commercial $50.44 ↓ -34%
Health Partners State Employees $56.49 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $65.11 ↓ -14%
Ucare Commercial $71.62 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial $75.19 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $76.57 ↑ +1%
Medica Choice $81.80 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $82.53 ↑ +9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $82.53 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $82.53 ↑ +9%
Medica Elect $87.57 ↑ +15%
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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Inj levocarnitine per 1 gm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $64.23 $19.44 – $72.25
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $64.23 $19.44 – $72.25
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $85.16 $23.24 – $43.57
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $85.16 $23.24 – $43.63
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $85.16 $23.24 – $43.57
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $35.96 – $35.96

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