Mayo cocou cortisone urine 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

$230.40

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.

$288.00

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.

$24.73 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $67.68 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $24.73 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $27.36 ↓ -88%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $29.38 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $29.66 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $29.66 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $29.66 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $29.66 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $29.66 ↓ -87%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $30.24 ↓ -87%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $38.58 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $38.58 ↓ -83%
Security Health Plan Commercial $39.60 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $45.38 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $45.38 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $49.75 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Commercial $58.32 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $60.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $62.57 ↓ -73%
Ucare Commercial $63.26 ↓ -73%
Medica Choice $63.29 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $64.80 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Commercial $64.80 ↓ -72%
Healthez Commercial $64.80 ↓ -72%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $64.80 ↓ -72%
Medica Elect $67.68 ↓ -71%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo cocou cortisone urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $230.40 $24.73 – $64.80
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $180.00 $54.47 – $202.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,649.81 $14.45 – $43.62
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,529.86 $17.83 – $123.01
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,649.81 $14.45 – $81.46

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