Cadd pump refill at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center

3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$555.20

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.

$694.00

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.

$221.22 with Ucare vs $652.36 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
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $221.22 ↓ -60%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $221.22 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $238.39 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $263.72 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $283.15 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $285.93 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $285.93 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $285.93 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $285.93 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $285.93 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $291.48 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Commercial $300.80 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $371.85 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $371.85 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $381.70 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $437.43 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $437.43 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $479.55 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $579.49 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $603.09 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $609.75 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $610.03 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $624.60 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $652.36 ↑ +18%

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Cadd pump refill at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $555.20 $221.22 – $624.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $514.40 $155.67 – $578.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $522.40 $158.09 – $587.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $339.20 $154.62 – $381.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $365.60 $157.97 – $411.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $514.40 $155.67 – $578.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $261.24 $152.24 – $441.30
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $261.24 $152.24 – $441.30

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