Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr 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

$134.70

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$168.37

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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.

$20.36 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $55.72 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 $20.36 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $22.53 ↓ -83%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $24.19 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -82%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -82%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $24.90 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $31.76 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $31.76 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $32.60 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $37.36 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $37.36 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $40.96 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Commercial $48.02 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $49.50 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial $51.51 ↓ -62%
Ucare Commercial $52.08 ↓ -61%
Medica Choice $52.11 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial $53.35 ↓ -60%
Multiplan Commercial $53.35 ↓ -60%
Healthez Commercial $53.35 ↓ -60%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $53.35 ↓ -60%
Medica Elect $55.72 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $134.70 $20.36 – $53.35
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $194.61 $32.07 – $119.22
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $79.08 $23.93 – $88.97
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $200.39 $20.23 – $75.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $165.73 $18.05 – $67.09
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $79.64 $24.10 – $89.59
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $105.48 $1.02 – $118.66
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $90.54 $1.00 – $88.99

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