Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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

$3,978.40

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

$4,973.00

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.

$1,708.23 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $4,674.62 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 $1,708.23 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,889.74 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2,028.98 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2,048.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2,048.88 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2,048.88 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2,048.88 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2,048.88 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,088.66 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $2,664.53 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,664.53 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,735.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,134.48 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,134.48 ↓ -21%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,304.88 ↓ -17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,304.88 ↓ -17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,436.34 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $4,028.13 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $4,152.46 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $4,321.54 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $4,369.28 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $4,371.27 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $4,475.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $4,475.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,475.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $4,475.70 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $4,674.62 ↑ +18%

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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $3,978.40 $1,708.23 – $4,475.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $6,042.40 $1,828.58 – $6,797.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $5,936.00 $2,299.56 – $6,678.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $6,042.40 $1,828.58 – $6,797.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,308.69 $1,583.32 – $5,889.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,580.60 $1,520.81 – $7,359.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $3,308.69 $1,583.32 – $7,879.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,580.60 $1,520.81 – $7,359.62

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