Tx closed tib fx proximal w/w/o manip w/skel trac 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

$856.00

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.

$1,070.00

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.

$414.84 with Sanford Health Plan vs $8,813.69 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 $414.84 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $414.84 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $481.50 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $488.03 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $488.03 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $588.50 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $659.12 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $759.70 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $835.67 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $877.40 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $893.45 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $954.44 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $963.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $963.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $963.00 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,021.85 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $2,385.62 ↑ +179%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $3,025.05 ↑ +253%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,247.95 ↑ +279%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,279.79 ↑ +283%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,279.79 ↑ +283%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,279.79 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $3,279.79 ↑ +283%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,279.79 ↑ +283%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,343.47 ↑ +291%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,569.07 ↑ +317%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,569.07 ↑ +317%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $8,813.69 ↑ +930%

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Tx closed tib fx proximal w/w/o manip w/skel trac at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $4,700.00 $2,335.16 – $5,287.50
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $3,406.84 – $3,406.84

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