Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$42.05

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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.

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$52.56

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.

$15.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $41.45 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

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 $15.15 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $16.76 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $17.99 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -57%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -57%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -57%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $18.52 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $23.63 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $23.63 ↓ -44%
Security Health Plan Commercial $24.26 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $27.80 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $27.80 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $30.47 ↓ -28%
Health Partners Commercial $35.72 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $36.82 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $38.32 ↓ -9%
Ucare Commercial $38.75 ↓ -8%
Medica Choice $38.76 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $39.69 ↓ -6%
Multiplan Commercial $39.69 ↓ -6%
Healthez Commercial $39.69 ↓ -6%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $39.69 ↓ -6%
Medica Elect $41.45 ↓ -1%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $42.05 $15.15 – $39.69
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $61.28 $18.43 – $68.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.76 $14.81 – $55.06
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.49 $7.59 – $28.21
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.89 $18.73 – $69.62
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $59.00 $1.02 – $50.56
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $146.20 $1.00 – $68.71
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $61.18 $18.48 – $68.71

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