Urea nitrogen 24 hour urine 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

$69.60

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.

$87.00

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.

$6.53 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $17.86 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 $6.53 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $7.22 ↓ -90%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $7.75 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $7.83 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $7.83 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $7.83 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $7.83 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $7.83 ↓ -89%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $7.98 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $10.18 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $10.18 ↓ -85%
Security Health Plan Commercial $10.45 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $11.98 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $11.98 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $13.13 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Commercial $15.39 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $15.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $16.51 ↓ -76%
Ucare Commercial $16.69 ↓ -76%
Medica Choice $16.70 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial $17.10 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Commercial $17.10 ↓ -75%
Healthez Commercial $17.10 ↓ -75%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $17.10 ↓ -75%
Medica Elect $17.86 ↓ -74%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Urea nitrogen 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $69.60 $6.53 – $17.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $16.00 $4.60 – $17.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $48.80 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $20.00 $4.36 – $16.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $25.60 $7.75 – $28.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $48.80 $9.44 – $35.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $36.19 $5.18 – $24.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $33.04 $5.18 – $30.25

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