Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection 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

$36.69

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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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$45.86

Gross charge

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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.

$6.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $16.44 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 $6.01 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $6.65 ↓ -82%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $7.14 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $7.21 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $7.21 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $7.21 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $7.21 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $7.21 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $7.35 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $9.37 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $9.37 ↓ -74%
Security Health Plan Commercial $9.62 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $11.02 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $11.02 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $12.09 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Commercial $14.17 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $14.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $15.20 ↓ -59%
Ucare Commercial $15.37 ↓ -58%
Medica Choice $15.37 ↓ -58%
Healthez Commercial $15.74 ↓ -57%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $15.74 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Commercial $15.74 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial $15.74 ↓ -57%
Medica Elect $16.44 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Lidocaine (pf) 10 mg/ml (1 %) injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $36.69 $6.01 – $15.74
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.29 $0.01 – $0.04
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $60.25 $6.40 – $23.81
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.44 $13.34 – $49.59
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $28.16 $7.31 – $27.18
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.85 $3.89 – $14.45
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.00 $0.43 – $0.86
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $60.70 $7.18 – $16.68

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