Liver/spleen imag static only 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

$1,480.80

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.

$1,851.00

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.

$421.92 with Primewest vs $1,739.94 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
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $421.92 ↓ -72%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $421.92 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $635.82 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $703.38 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $755.21 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $762.61 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $762.61 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $762.61 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $762.61 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $762.61 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $777.42 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $991.77 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $991.77 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,018.05 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,166.69 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,166.69 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,279.04 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $1,499.31 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,545.59 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,608.52 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,626.29 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,627.03 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $1,665.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,665.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,665.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,665.90 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,739.94 ↑ +18%

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Liver/spleen imag static only at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,480.80 $421.92 – $1,665.90
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,682.40 $421.92 – $1,892.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,676.00 $421.92 – $1,885.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,660.00 $297.55 – $1,867.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,328.80 $303.98 – $1,494.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,676.00 $421.92 – $1,885.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $597.46 $380.88 – $978.52
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $935.59 $380.88 – $1,232.81

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