Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im 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

$79.53

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.

$99.41

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.

$1.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $94.94 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 Commercial/Federal $1.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.00 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $38.54 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $38.54 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $44.73 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $45.34 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $45.34 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $54.68 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $61.24 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $70.58 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $77.64 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $81.52 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $83.01 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $88.67 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $89.47 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $89.47 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $89.47 ↑ +12%
Medica Elect $94.94 ↑ +19%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $77.67 $23.50 – $87.37
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $75.21 $22.76 – $84.61
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $75.02 $22.70 – $84.39
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $271.12 $116.41 – $305.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $271.12 $116.41 – $305.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $98.21 $46.32 – $73.85
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $114.58 $46.32 – $150.98
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $98.21 $46.32 – $61.49

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →