Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$82.68
Cash price 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.
$103.35
Gross charge 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.
$29.15 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $79.78 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $29.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $32.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $34.63 | ↓ -58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $34.97 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $34.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $34.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $34.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $34.97 | ↓ -58% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $35.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $45.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $45.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $46.68 | ↓ -44% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $53.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $53.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $58.65 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $68.74 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $70.87 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $73.75 | ↓ -11% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $74.57 | ↓ -10% |
| Medica | Choice | $74.60 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $76.38 | ↓ -8% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $76.38 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $76.38 | ↓ -8% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $76.38 | ↓ -8% |
| Medica | Elect | $79.78 | ↓ -4% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $82.68 | $29.15 – $76.38 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $374.36 | $27.65 – $102.79 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $78.41 | $23.73 – $88.21 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $148.25 | $25.08 – $93.25 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $70.96 | $21.26 – $79.02 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $91.35 | $23.42 – $87.05 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $83.09 | $1.02 – $73.49 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $91.20 | $1.00 – $102.06 |