Concentration infection agents any type 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

$41.60

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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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$52.00

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.

$16.83 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $46.06 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 $16.83 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $18.62 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.99 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $20.19 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $20.19 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $20.19 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $20.19 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $20.19 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $20.58 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $26.25 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $26.25 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $26.95 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $30.88 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $30.88 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $33.86 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $39.69 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $40.92 ↓ -2%
Aetna Commercial $42.58 ↑ +2%
Ucare Commercial $43.05 ↑ +3%
Medica Choice $43.07 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial $44.10 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $44.10 ↑ +6%
Healthez Commercial $44.10 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $44.10 ↑ +6%
Medica Elect $46.06 ↑ +11%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Concentration infection agents any type at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $41.60 $16.83 – $44.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $48.80 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $89.60 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $40.00 $11.86 – $44.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $43.20 $12.11 – $45.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $89.60 $11.62 – $43.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $65.81 $6.22 – $30.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $80.64 $6.22 – $38.93

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