Pentamidine non-comp unit 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

$125.84

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.

$157.29

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.

$43.88 with Sanford Health Plan vs $108.10 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $43.88 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $43.88 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $50.94 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $51.63 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $51.63 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $52.22 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $52.22 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $62.25 ↓ -51%
Health Partners State Employees $69.73 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Commercial $80.36 ↓ -36%
Ucare Commercial $88.40 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $92.82 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $94.51 ↓ -25%
Medica Choice $100.97 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Commercial $101.87 ↓ -19%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $101.87 ↓ -19%
Healthez Commercial $101.87 ↓ -19%
Medica Elect $108.10 ↓ -14%
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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Pentamidine non-comp unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $130.29 $39.43 – $146.57
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $134.76 $40.78 – $151.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $111.81 $33.84 – $125.78
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $136.40 $26.61 – $98.93
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $141.63 $28.36 – $105.44
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $132.05 $53.16 – $113.63
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $164.00 $55.42 – $145.21
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $164.00 $55.42 – $145.21

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