Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each 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

$1,763.20

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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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$2,204.00

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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.

$641.88 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $2,104.82 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $641.88 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $673.18 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $673.18 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $689.17 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $695.93 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $695.93 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $695.93 ↓ -61%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $695.93 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $695.93 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $709.44 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $854.49 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $854.49 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $991.80 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,005.24 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,005.24 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,212.20 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,357.66 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $1,564.84 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $1,721.32 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $1,807.28 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,840.34 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,965.97 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,983.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,983.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,983.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $2,104.82 ↑ +19%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,735.20 $525.11 – $1,952.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,396.00 $422.46 – $1,570.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,932.00 $584.67 – $2,173.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,396.00 $641.88 – $1,570.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,513.60 $649.90 – $1,702.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,513.60 $649.90 – $1,702.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,754.10 $480.32 – $1,677.08
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,384.47 $480.32 – $2,053.24

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