Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day 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

$2,039.20

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.

$2,549.00

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.

$988.25 with Sanford Health Plan vs $3,866.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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 $988.25 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $988.25 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1,046.54 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $1,147.05 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,162.60 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,162.60 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,217.14 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,306.82 ↓ -36%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,319.63 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,345.26 ↓ -34%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,401.95 ↓ -31%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,436.03 ↓ -30%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,436.03 ↓ -30%
Health Partners State Employees $1,570.18 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $1,809.79 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $1,990.77 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $2,090.18 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $2,128.42 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $2,273.71 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,294.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,294.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $2,294.10 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $2,434.30 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,866.48 ↑ +90%

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Radphm lcl tomogr sgl area sgl day at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,764.00 $836.46 – $3,109.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,836.80 $858.49 – $3,191.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $2,632.80 $796.75 – $2,961.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,648.00 $801.35 – $2,979.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,763.20 $1,024.41 – $3,108.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,836.80 $858.49 – $3,191.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,634.40 $1,131.15 – $2,963.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $2,634.40 $1,131.15 – $2,963.70

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