Stress test pulmonary 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

$309.60

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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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$387.00

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.

$132.93 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $363.78 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 $132.93 ↓ -57%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $135.35 ↓ -56%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $135.35 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $147.06 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $157.90 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $159.44 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $159.44 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $159.44 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $159.44 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $159.44 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $162.54 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $207.35 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $207.35 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $212.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $243.93 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $243.93 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $267.42 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $313.47 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $323.15 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $336.30 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $340.02 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $340.17 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $348.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $348.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $348.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $348.30 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $363.78 ↑ +18%

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Stress test pulmonary at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $309.60 $132.93 – $348.30
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $320.00 $96.84 – $360.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $264.80 $80.14 – $297.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $332.00 $100.47 – $373.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $264.80 $92.16 – $297.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $325.60 $94.15 – $366.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $333.70 $117.38 – $671.39
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $501.87 $126.76 – $845.95

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