Mayo mpl sequence analysis exon 10 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

$488.80

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.

$611.00

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.

$194.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $531.10 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 $194.08 ↓ -60%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $214.70 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $230.52 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $232.78 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $232.78 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $232.78 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $232.78 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $232.78 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $237.30 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $302.73 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $302.73 ↓ -38%
Security Health Plan Commercial $310.75 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $356.12 ↓ -27%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $356.12 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $390.42 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Commercial $457.65 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $471.78 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $490.99 ↑ +0%
Ucare Commercial $496.41 ↑ +2%
Medica Choice $496.64 ↑ +2%
Cigna Commercial $508.50 ↑ +4%
Multiplan Commercial $508.50 ↑ +4%
Healthez Commercial $508.50 ↑ +4%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $508.50 ↑ +4%
Medica Elect $531.10 ↑ +9%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo mpl sequence analysis exon 10 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $488.80 $194.08 – $508.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $488.80 $136.79 – $508.50
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $346.19 $172.42 – $505.56
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $175.94 – $194.46
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $175.94 – $194.46

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