Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$522.40

Cash price

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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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$653.00

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.

$224.31 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $613.82 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 $224.31 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $248.14 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $266.42 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $269.04 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $269.04 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $269.04 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $269.04 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $269.04 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $274.26 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $349.88 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $349.88 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $359.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $411.59 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $411.59 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $451.22 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $528.93 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $545.26 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $567.46 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $573.73 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $573.99 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $587.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $587.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $587.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $587.70 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $613.82 ↑ +18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $522.40 $224.31 – $587.70
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $427.20 $129.28 – $480.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $413.60 $125.17 – $465.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $377.60 $114.27 – $424.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $434.40 $131.46 – $488.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $413.60 $125.17 – $465.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $139.01 $16.78 – $153.25
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $158.76 $20.71 – $151.42

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