Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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

$223.20

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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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$279.00

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.

$87.25 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $238.76 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
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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 $87.25 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $92.45 ↓ -59%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $92.45 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $96.52 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $103.63 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $104.65 ↓ -53%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $104.65 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $104.65 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $104.65 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $104.65 ↓ -53%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $106.68 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $136.09 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $136.09 ↓ -39%
Security Health Plan Commercial $139.70 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $160.10 ↓ -28%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $160.10 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $175.51 ↓ -21%
Health Partners Commercial $205.74 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $212.09 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $220.73 ↓ -1%
Ucare Commercial $223.16 ↓ -0%
Medica Choice $223.27 ↑ +0%
Multiplan Commercial $228.60 ↑ +2%
Healthez Commercial $228.60 ↑ +2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $228.60 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial $228.60 ↑ +2%
Medica Elect $238.76 ↑ +7%

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $223.20 $87.25 – $228.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $311.20 $92.45 – $350.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $311.20 $65.56 – $350.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $951.20 $66.97 – $1,070.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,618.08 $75.44 – $1,136.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $417.54 $63.11 – $336.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,618.08 $75.44 – $1,136.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $417.54 $63.11 – $336.00

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