Levetiracetam 500 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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

$95.60

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$119.50

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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.

$15.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $41.77 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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $15.27 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $16.89 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.13 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $18.31 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.31 ↓ -81%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.31 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.31 ↓ -81%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $18.66 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $23.81 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $23.81 ↓ -75%
Security Health Plan Commercial $24.44 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $28.01 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $28.01 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $30.71 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Commercial $36.00 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $37.11 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial $38.62 ↓ -60%
Ucare Commercial $39.04 ↓ -59%
Medica Choice $39.06 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $40.00 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $40.00 ↓ -58%
Healthez Commercial $40.00 ↓ -58%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $40.00 ↓ -58%
Medica Elect $41.77 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Levetiracetam 500 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $95.60 $15.27 – $40.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $60.98 $18.45 – $68.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $60.98 $18.45 – $68.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $57.60 $14.91 – $55.42
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.20 $7.55 – $28.08
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.26 $18.46 – $68.62
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $49.50 $1.02 – $55.68
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $61.29 $1.00 – $68.59

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