Removal foreign body foot subcutaneous right 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

$1,229.60

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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$1,537.00

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.

$518.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,915.77 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $518.54 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $595.89 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $595.89 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $655.98 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $691.65 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $701.03 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $701.03 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $704.31 ↓ -43%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↓ -42%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↓ -42%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $725.03 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $773.95 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $773.95 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $845.35 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $946.79 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $1,091.27 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $1,200.40 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $1,260.34 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,283.40 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,371.00 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,383.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,383.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,383.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,467.84 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,915.77 ↑ +56%

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Removal foreign body foot subcutaneous right at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,361.60 $412.05 – $1,531.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,662.40 $503.08 – $1,870.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,448.00 $438.20 – $1,629.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,170.40 $354.19 – $1,316.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,662.40 $507.57 – $1,870.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,361.60 $412.05 – $1,531.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,289.60 $553.72 – $1,450.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,289.60 $553.72 – $1,450.80

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