Device intraute mirena 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

$752.95

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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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$941.18

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.

$183.09 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $501.02 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

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 $183.09 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $202.54 ↓ -73%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $217.46 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $219.60 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $219.60 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $219.60 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $219.60 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $219.60 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $223.86 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $285.58 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $285.58 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan Commercial $293.15 ↓ -61%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $335.95 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $335.95 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $368.30 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Commercial $431.73 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $445.06 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $463.18 ↓ -38%
Ucare Commercial $468.29 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $468.51 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $479.70 ↓ -36%
Multiplan Commercial $479.70 ↓ -36%
Healthez Commercial $479.70 ↓ -36%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $479.70 ↓ -36%
Medica Elect $501.02 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Device intraute mirena at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $752.95 $183.09 – $479.70
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $845.72 $255.93 – $951.43
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $912.12 $276.03 – $1,026.13
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $852.38 $480.76 – $1,201.17
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $933.07 $452.19 – $1,049.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,983.72 $156.65 – $2,743.36
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,314.33 $156.65 – $3,049.54
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,983.72 $156.65 – $2,747.86

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