Ghs removal intranasal foreign body 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

$349.60

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$437.00

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.

$135.35 with Primewest vs $410.78 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
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $135.35 ↓ -61%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $135.35 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $150.11 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $166.06 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $178.30 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $180.04 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $180.04 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $180.04 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $180.04 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $180.04 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $183.54 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $234.14 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $234.14 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $240.35 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $275.44 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $275.44 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $301.97 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $353.97 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $364.90 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $379.75 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $383.95 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $384.12 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $393.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $393.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $393.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $393.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $410.78 ↑ +18%

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Ghs removal intranasal foreign body at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $349.60 $135.35 – $393.30
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $349.60 $105.80 – $393.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $248.00 $75.05 – $279.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $283.20 $85.70 – $318.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $321.60 $97.32 – $361.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $212.80 $64.40 – $239.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $283.20 $92.16 – $318.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $224.00 $94.15 – $252.00

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