Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody 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

$56.80

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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.

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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$71.00

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.

$21.64 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $59.22 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.

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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 $21.64 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $23.94 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $25.70 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $25.96 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $25.96 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $25.96 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $25.96 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $25.96 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $26.46 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $33.76 ↓ -41%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $33.76 ↓ -41%
Security Health Plan Commercial $34.65 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $39.71 ↓ -30%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $39.71 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $43.53 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $51.03 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $52.61 ↓ -7%
Aetna Commercial $54.75 ↓ -4%
Ucare Commercial $55.35 ↓ -3%
Medica Choice $55.38 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial $56.70 ↓ -0%
Multiplan Commercial $56.70 ↓ -0%
Healthez Commercial $56.70 ↓ -0%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $56.70 ↓ -0%
Medica Elect $59.22 ↑ +4%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $56.80 $21.64 – $56.70
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $133.60 $40.43 – $150.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $173.60 $52.54 – $195.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $91.20 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $81.60 $24.69 – $91.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $173.60 $52.54 – $195.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $46.03 $12.06 – $42.07
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $42.06 $12.06 – $53.02

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