Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 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

$1,567.20

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.

$1,959.00

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.

$759.50 with Sanford Health Plan vs $3,728.01 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 $759.50 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $759.50 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $881.55 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $893.50 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $893.50 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1,009.07 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,077.45 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $1,206.74 ↓ -23%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,233.63 ↓ -21%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,324.53 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,337.52 ↓ -15%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,337.52 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,337.52 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,337.52 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,337.52 ↓ -15%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,363.49 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $1,390.89 ↓ -11%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,455.49 ↓ -7%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,455.49 ↓ -7%
Ucare Commercial $1,529.98 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $1,606.38 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,635.77 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,747.43 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,763.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,763.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,763.10 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,870.85 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,728.01 ↑ +138%

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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,500.80 $756.80 – $2,813.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,565.60 $776.41 – $2,886.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $3,883.20 $220.31 – $819.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,572.80 $475.97 – $1,769.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,520.80 $460.23 – $1,710.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,883.20 $414.69 – $1,363.49
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,565.60 $776.41 – $2,886.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,640.00 $1,133.55 – $2,970.00

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