Pr application of long arm splint 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

$284.00

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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.

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$355.00

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.

$116.13 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $429.06 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $116.13 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $137.63 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $137.63 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $147.11 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $157.95 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $159.50 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $159.75 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $161.92 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $161.92 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $162.60 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $173.57 ↓ -39%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $173.57 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $195.25 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $218.68 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $252.05 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $277.26 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $291.10 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $296.43 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $316.66 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $319.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $319.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $319.50 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $339.03 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $429.06 ↑ +51%

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Pr application of long arm splint at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $381.60 $115.48 – $429.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $315.20 $95.39 – $354.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $408.00 $123.47 – $459.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $266.40 $80.62 – $299.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $270.40 $81.83 – $304.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $408.00 $113.68 – $459.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $315.20 $95.39 – $354.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $404.80 $165.68 – $455.40

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