Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm 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

$72.80

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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.

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$91.00

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.

$5.50 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $15.04 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

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 $5.50 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $6.08 ↓ -92%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $6.53 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $6.59 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $6.59 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $6.59 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $6.59 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $6.59 ↓ -91%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $6.72 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $8.57 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $8.57 ↓ -88%
Security Health Plan Commercial $8.80 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $10.08 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $10.08 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $11.06 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Commercial $12.96 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $13.36 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $13.90 ↓ -81%
Ucare Commercial $14.06 ↓ -81%
Medica Choice $14.06 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
Healthez Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $14.40 ↓ -80%
Medica Elect $15.04 ↓ -79%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cath uret open tp 6fx70cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $72.80 $5.50 – $14.40
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $239.20 $9.68 – $36.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $44.80 $13.56 – $50.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $45.60 $10.89 – $40.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $530.02 $1.02 – $25.76
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $49.60 $1.00 – $35.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $44.80 $13.56 – $50.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $562.99 not published

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