Platelet pheresis irr ea 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

$1,463.20

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.

$1,829.00

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.

$558.27 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $1,746.70 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 Align Medicare Replacement $558.27 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $560.53 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $560.53 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $599.40 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $605.28 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $605.28 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $605.28 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $605.28 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $605.28 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $617.03 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $709.10 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $709.10 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $823.05 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $834.21 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $834.21 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,005.95 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,126.66 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $1,298.59 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $1,428.45 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $1,499.78 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,527.22 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,631.47 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,646.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,646.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,646.10 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,746.70 ↑ +19%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Platelet pheresis irr ea at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $704.00 $213.05 – $792.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $704.00 $213.05 – $792.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $558.27 – $617.03

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