Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at Sanford Worthington Medical Center
1018 6th Ave, Worthington, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1396712618
$6,146.40
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.
$7,683.00
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.
$2,549.84 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $9,420.44 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $2,549.84 | ↓ -59% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $2,978.70 | ↓ -52% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $2,978.70 | ↓ -52% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $3,290.25 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | State Employees | $3,457.35 | ↓ -44% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $3,504.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $3,504.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $3,532.69 | ↓ -43% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $3,567.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $3,567.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $3,567.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $3,567.32 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $3,567.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $3,636.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $3,881.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $3,881.97 | ↓ -37% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $4,225.65 | ↓ -31% |
| Health Partners | State Employees | $4,732.73 | ↓ -23% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $5,454.93 | ↓ -11% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $6,000.42 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $6,300.06 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $6,415.31 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Choice | $6,853.24 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $6,914.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $6,914.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $6,914.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Medica | Elect | $7,337.27 | ↑ +19% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $9,420.44 | ↑ +53% |
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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $7,283.20 | $2,204.08 – $8,193.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $7,259.20 | $2,495.91 – $8,166.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $3,505.30 | $574.63 – $5,889.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,852.98 | $709.07 – $7,359.62 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,505.30 | $574.63 – $8,835.21 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,852.98 | $709.07 – $7,359.62 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,505.30 | $574.63 – $5,889.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $1,852.98 | $709.07 – $7,359.62 |