Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$775.20
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.
$969.00
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.
$193.39 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $529.22 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 | $193.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $213.94 | ↓ -72% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $229.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $231.96 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $231.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $231.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $231.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $231.96 | ↓ -70% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $236.46 | ↓ -69% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $301.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $301.66 | ↓ -61% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $309.65 | ↓ -60% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $354.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $354.86 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $389.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $456.03 | ↓ -41% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $470.11 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $489.25 | ↓ -37% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $494.65 | ↓ -36% |
| Medica | Choice | $494.88 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $506.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $506.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $506.70 | ↓ -35% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $506.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Medica | Elect | $529.22 | ↓ -32% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $775.20 | $193.39 – $506.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $668.80 | $202.40 – $752.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,329.60 | $272.60 – $1,013.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,329.27 | $1.02 – $1,013.42 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,520.80 | $1.00 – $1,064.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $668.80 | $202.40 – $752.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $745.30 | not published |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $869.51 | $272.95 – $865.48 |