Peng benzathine/procaine inj 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

$420.80

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.

$526.00

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.

$15.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $315.04 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 PMAP $15.74 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $15.74 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $18.55 ↓ -96%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.91 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $20.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $20.11 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $20.11 ↓ -95%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $20.11 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $20.11 ↓ -95%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $20.50 ↓ -95%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $127.89 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $127.89 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $148.45 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $150.46 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $150.46 ↓ -64%
Security Health Plan Commercial $181.43 ↓ -57%
Health Partners State Employees $203.21 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Commercial $234.21 ↓ -44%
Ucare Commercial $257.64 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $270.50 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $275.45 ↓ -35%
Medica Choice $294.25 ↓ -30%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $296.89 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Commercial $296.89 ↓ -29%
Healthez Commercial $296.89 ↓ -29%
Medica Elect $315.04 ↓ -25%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $155.22 $16.02 – $174.62
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $284.30 $86.04 – $319.83
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $82.63 $35.48 – $92.95
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $82.63 $35.48 – $92.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $488.95 $16.19 – $644.27
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $488.95 $16.19 – $644.27
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $488.95 $16.19 – $591.08
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $488.95 $16.19 – $591.08

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