Bausch health Ultrasound surg at Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls
120 Labree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790842466
$1,330.40
Cash price 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.
$1,663.00
Gross charge 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.
$537.92 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,472.04 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $537.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $595.08 | ↓ -55% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $638.93 | ↓ -52% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $645.19 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $645.19 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $645.19 | ↓ -52% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $645.19 | ↓ -52% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $645.19 | ↓ -52% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $657.72 | ↓ -51% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $839.06 | ↓ -37% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $839.06 | ↓ -37% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $861.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $987.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $987.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $1,082.11 | ↓ -19% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $1,268.46 | ↓ -5% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $1,307.61 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,360.85 | ↑ +2% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $1,375.89 | ↑ +3% |
| Medica | Choice | $1,376.51 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,409.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,409.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $1,409.40 | ↑ +6% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,409.40 | ↑ +6% |
| Medica | Elect | $1,472.04 | ↑ +11% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Bausch health Ultrasound surg at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,330.40 | $537.92 – $1,409.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,436.00 | $737.19 – $2,740.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,400.00 | $887.02 – $2,362.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,660.00 | $216.72 – $503.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $617.14 | $285.33 – $514.28 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $807.13 | $163.27 – $517.71 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $617.14 | $285.33 – $870.25 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $807.13 | $163.27 – $517.71 |