Natriuretic peptide 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

$229.60

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.

$287.00

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.

$40.53 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $110.92 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 $40.53 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $44.84 ↓ -80%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $48.14 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $48.62 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $48.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $48.62 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $48.62 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $48.62 ↓ -79%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $49.56 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $63.22 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $63.22 ↓ -72%
Security Health Plan Commercial $64.90 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $74.38 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $74.38 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $81.54 ↓ -64%
Health Partners Commercial $95.58 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $98.53 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $102.54 ↓ -55%
Ucare Commercial $103.67 ↓ -55%
Medica Choice $103.72 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $106.20 ↓ -54%
Multiplan Commercial $106.20 ↓ -54%
Healthez Commercial $106.20 ↓ -54%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $106.20 ↓ -54%
Medica Elect $110.92 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Natriuretic peptide at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $229.60 $40.53 – $106.20
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $218.40 $66.09 – $245.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $200.00 $31.47 – $117.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $137.60 $30.26 – $112.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $183.20 $28.57 – $106.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $200.00 $31.47 – $117.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $87.98 $33.70 – $95.65
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $179.48 $36.55 – $120.52

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