IV Push Injection (first drug) 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

$261.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$327.00

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.

$88.80 with Health Partners vs $307.38 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.

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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

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
Health Partners Commercial $88.80 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $112.32 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $124.26 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $133.42 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $134.72 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $134.72 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $134.72 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $134.72 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $134.72 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $137.34 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $175.21 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $175.21 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $179.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $206.11 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $206.11 ↓ -21%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $221.22 ↓ -15%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $221.22 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $225.96 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $273.05 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $284.16 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $287.30 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $287.43 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $294.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $294.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $294.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $294.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $307.38 ↑ +18%

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IV Push Injection (first drug) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $261.60 $88.80 – $294.30
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $484.80 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $374.40 $88.80 – $387.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $340.00 $88.80 – $382.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $178.40 $53.99 – $200.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $323.20 $88.80 – $363.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $340.00 $11.39 – $217.11
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $166.52 $80.64 – $217.11

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