Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls
120 Labree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790842466
$77.56
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.
$96.95
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.
$32.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $89.25 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 | $32.62 | ↓ -58% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $36.08 | ↓ -53% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $38.74 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $39.12 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $39.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $39.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $39.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $39.12 | ↓ -50% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $39.88 | ↓ -49% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $50.87 | ↓ -34% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $50.87 | ↓ -34% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $52.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $59.85 | ↓ -23% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $59.85 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $65.61 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $76.91 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $79.28 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $82.51 | ↑ +6% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $83.42 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Choice | $83.46 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $85.46 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $85.46 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $85.46 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $85.46 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Elect | $89.25 | ↑ +15% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $77.56 | $32.62 – $85.46 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $132.43 | $18.75 – $69.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $208.25 | $18.73 – $69.64 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $122.00 | $8.20 – $30.47 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $240.48 | $62.97 – $234.08 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $122.51 | $1.02 – $54.57 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $193.23 | $1.00 – $69.91 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $146.95 | $44.47 – $165.31 |