Warde 1003990 aldosterone 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

$294.40

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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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$368.00

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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.

$42.25 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $115.62 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $42.25 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $46.74 ↓ -84%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $50.18 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $50.68 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $50.68 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $50.68 ↓ -83%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $50.68 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $50.68 ↓ -83%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $51.66 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $65.90 ↓ -78%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $65.90 ↓ -78%
Security Health Plan Commercial $67.65 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $77.53 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $77.53 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $84.99 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Commercial $99.63 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $102.71 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $106.89 ↓ -64%
Ucare Commercial $108.07 ↓ -63%
Medica Choice $108.12 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $110.70 ↓ -62%
Multiplan Commercial $110.70 ↓ -62%
Healthez Commercial $110.70 ↓ -62%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $110.70 ↓ -62%
Medica Elect $115.62 ↓ -61%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Warde 1003990 aldosterone at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $294.40 $42.25 – $110.70
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $293.60 $31.72 – $117.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $383.20 $21.30 – $79.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $224.80 $30.50 – $113.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $203.20 $30.75 – $114.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $383.20 $21.30 – $79.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $79.20 $22.00 – $62.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $92.40 $21.73 – $78.68

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