Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step aspergillus bal 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

$176.00

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$220.00

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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.

$17.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $47.94 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

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 $17.52 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $19.38 ↓ -89%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $20.81 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $21.01 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $21.01 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $21.01 ↓ -88%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $21.01 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $21.01 ↓ -88%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $21.42 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $27.33 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $27.33 ↓ -84%
Security Health Plan Commercial $28.05 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $32.15 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $32.15 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $35.24 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Commercial $41.31 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $42.59 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $44.32 ↓ -75%
Ucare Commercial $44.81 ↓ -75%
Medica Choice $44.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $45.90 ↓ -74%
Multiplan Commercial $45.90 ↓ -74%
Healthez Commercial $45.90 ↓ -74%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $45.90 ↓ -74%
Medica Elect $47.94 ↓ -73%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step aspergillus bal at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $176.00 $17.52 – $45.90
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $121.60 $36.80 – $136.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $40.80 $12.35 – $45.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $40.80 $12.35 – $45.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $70.22 $10.88 – $30.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $65.74 $11.15 – $86.63
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $70.22 $10.88 – $40.72
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $65.74 $11.15 – $86.63

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