Srs linear based 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

$26,032.00

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.

$32,540.00

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.

$5,739.38 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $31,075.70 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $5,739.38 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $7,127.19 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $7,652.35 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $7,727.37 ↓ -70%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $7,727.37 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $7,727.37 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $7,727.37 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $7,727.37 ↓ -70%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $7,877.42 ↓ -70%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $8,408.94 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $8,408.94 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $12,615.76 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $12,615.76 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $14,643.00 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $14,841.49 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $14,841.49 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $17,897.00 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $20,044.64 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $21,204.23 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $23,103.40 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $25,413.74 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $26,682.80 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $27,170.90 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $29,025.68 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $29,286.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $29,286.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $29,286.00 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $31,075.70 ↑ +19%

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Srs linear based at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $12,160.00 $5,618.00 – $13,680.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $4,479.55 $2,417.80 – $8,771.65
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $7,825.78 $2,664.38 – $10,311.82
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4,479.55 $2,417.80 – $19,138.40
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $7,825.78 $2,664.38 – $10,311.82
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,479.55 $2,417.80 – $8,771.65
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $7,825.78 $2,664.38 – $10,311.82
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $7,825.78 $2,664.38 – $10,311.82

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