Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm dme 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

$151.20

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.

$189.00

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.

$73.28 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,085.77 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $73.28 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $73.28 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota State Employees $85.05 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $86.20 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $86.20 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $103.95 ↓ -31%
Health Partners State Employees $116.42 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $134.19 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $147.61 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $154.98 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $157.82 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $168.59 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $170.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $170.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $170.10 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $180.50 ↑ +19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $293.89 ↑ +94%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $372.49 ↑ +146%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $399.94 ↑ +165%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +167%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +167%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +167%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +167%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $403.86 ↑ +167%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $411.70 ↑ +172%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $439.48 ↑ +191%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $439.48 ↑ +191%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,085.77 ↑ +618%

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm dme at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $340.00 $102.89 – $382.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $398.40 $120.57 – $448.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $340.00 $193.67 – $411.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $435.20 $186.86 – $489.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $435.20 $186.86 – $489.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $139.44 $47.75 – $484.14
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $146.61 $47.75 – $418.29
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $139.44 $47.75 – $1,000.22

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