Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge 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

$837.12

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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.

$1,046.39

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.

$84.70 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $231.79 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 $84.70 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $93.70 ↓ -89%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $100.60 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $101.59 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $101.59 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $101.59 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $101.59 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $101.59 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $103.56 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $132.12 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $132.12 ↓ -84%
Security Health Plan Commercial $135.62 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $155.42 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $155.42 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $170.39 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Commercial $199.73 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $205.89 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $214.28 ↓ -74%
Ucare Commercial $216.65 ↓ -74%
Medica Choice $216.74 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $221.92 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial $221.92 ↓ -73%
Healthez Commercial $221.92 ↓ -73%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $221.92 ↓ -73%
Medica Elect $231.79 ↓ -72%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $837.12 $84.70 – $221.92
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $85.00 $25.72 – $95.63
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $65.86 $18.96 – $70.47
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $53.40 $16.16 – $60.08
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $37.12 $11.23 – $41.76
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $270.78 $19.55 – $72.67
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $762.71 $1.02 – $10.67
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $148.16 $1.00 – $71.57

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