Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 2nd dose 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

$812.80

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$1,016.00

Gross charge

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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.

$349.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $955.04 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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The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $349.00 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $386.08 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $414.53 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $418.59 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $418.59 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $418.59 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $418.59 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $418.59 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $426.72 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $544.37 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $544.37 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $558.80 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $640.38 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $640.38 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $702.06 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $822.96 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $848.36 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $882.90 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $892.66 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $893.06 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $914.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $914.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $914.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $914.40 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $955.04 ↑ +18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 2nd dose at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $812.80 $349.00 – $914.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $371.76 $344.63 – $477.16
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $304.81 $141.00 – $471.69
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $371.76 $147.00 – $1,127.82
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $304.81 $141.00 – $496.43
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $371.76 $344.63 – $508.01
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $304.81 $141.00 – $477.16
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $304.81 $141.00 – $496.43

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