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Blood Clotting (PTT) Test at Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls

120 Labree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790842466

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$81.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$102.00

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.

$6.87 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $18.80 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

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

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 PMAP $6.87 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $7.60 ↓ -91%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $8.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $8.24 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $8.24 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $8.24 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $8.24 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $8.24 ↓ -90%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $8.40 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $10.72 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $10.72 ↓ -87%
Security Health Plan Commercial $11.00 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $12.61 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $12.61 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $13.82 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Commercial $16.20 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $16.70 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial $17.38 ↓ -79%
Ucare Commercial $17.57 ↓ -78%
Medica Choice $17.58 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial $18.00 ↓ -78%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.00 ↓ -78%
Healthez Commercial $18.00 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Commercial $18.00 ↓ -78%
Medica Elect $18.80 ↓ -77%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Blood Clotting (PTT) Test at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $81.60 $6.87 – $18.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $88.00 $26.63 – $99.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $114.40 $34.62 – $128.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $56.80 $4.84 – $18.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $34.40 $10.41 – $38.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $114.40 $34.62 – $128.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $5.71 – $6.31
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $5.71 – $6.31

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