Iron at Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls
120 Labree Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1790842466
$92.80
Cash price 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.
$116.00
Gross charge 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.
$26.45 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $72.38 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $26.45 | ↓ -71% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $29.26 | ↓ -68% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $31.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $31.72 | ↓ -66% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $31.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $31.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $31.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $31.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $32.34 | ↓ -65% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $41.26 | ↓ -56% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $41.26 | ↓ -56% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $42.35 | ↓ -54% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $48.53 | ↓ -48% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $48.53 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $53.21 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $62.37 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $64.30 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $66.91 | ↓ -28% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $67.65 | ↓ -27% |
| Medica | Choice | $67.68 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $69.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $69.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $69.30 | ↓ -25% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $69.30 | ↓ -25% |
| Medica | Elect | $72.38 | ↓ -22% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Iron at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $92.80 | $26.45 – $69.30 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.00 | $25.42 – $94.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $74.40 | $22.52 – $83.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $33.60 | $10.17 – $37.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $74.40 | $22.52 – $83.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $25.73 | $6.02 – $24.01 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $23.52 | $6.02 – $30.25 |