Post op service lvrs min 6 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

$499.20

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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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$624.00

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.

$214.34 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $586.56 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 $214.34 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $237.12 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $254.59 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $257.09 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $257.09 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $257.09 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $257.09 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $257.09 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $262.08 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $334.34 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $334.34 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $343.20 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $393.31 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $393.31 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $431.18 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $505.44 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $521.04 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $542.26 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $548.25 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $548.50 ↑ +10%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $557.13 ↑ +12%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $557.13 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $561.60 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $561.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $561.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $561.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $586.56 ↑ +18%

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Post op service lvrs min 6 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $499.20 $214.34 – $561.60
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $557.13 – $557.13
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $557.13 – $557.13
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $557.13 – $557.13
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $557.13 – $557.13
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $557.13 – $557.13
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $386.67 – $546.77
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $395.02 – $546.77

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