Ghs nerve block brachial plexus 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

$314.40

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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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$393.00

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.

$135.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $934.80 with Ucare — 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 $135.00 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $149.34 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $160.34 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $161.92 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $161.92 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $161.92 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $161.92 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $161.92 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $165.06 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $210.57 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $210.57 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $216.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $247.71 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $247.71 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $271.56 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $318.33 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $328.16 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $341.52 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $345.29 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $345.45 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $353.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $353.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $353.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $353.70 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $369.42 ↑ +18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $934.80 ↑ +197%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $934.80 ↑ +197%

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Ghs nerve block brachial plexus at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $314.40 $135.00 – $353.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $930.40 $529.98 – $1,046.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $532.61 $810.73 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $480.59 $580.98 – $3,572.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $532.61 $810.73 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $480.59 $580.98 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $596.85 $466.54 – $3,967.86
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $532.61 $810.73 – $3,243.00

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