Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$146.20

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.

$182.74

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 $72.90 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 $29.60 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $29.60 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $34.35 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $34.82 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $34.82 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.99 ↓ -71%
Health Partners State Employees $47.03 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Commercial $54.20 ↓ -63%
Ucare Commercial $59.62 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $62.60 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $63.74 ↓ -56%
Medica Choice $68.10 ↓ -53%
Multiplan Commercial $68.71 ↓ -53%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $68.71 ↓ -53%
Healthez Commercial $68.71 ↓ -53%
Medica Elect $72.90 ↓ -50%
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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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $61.28 $18.43 – $68.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.76 $14.81 – $55.06
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.49 $7.59 – $28.21
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.89 $18.73 – $69.62
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $59.00 $1.02 – $50.56
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $61.18 $18.48 – $68.71
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $42.05 $15.15 – $39.69
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $42.05 $15.15 – $39.69

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