Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule 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

$9.02

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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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$11.27

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.

$2.35 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $6.42 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

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 $2.35 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2.60 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $2.79 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $2.81 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $2.81 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $2.81 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $2.81 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $2.81 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2.87 ↓ -68%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $3.66 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $3.66 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3.76 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4.30 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4.30 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $4.72 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Commercial $5.53 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $5.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $5.94 ↓ -34%
Ucare Commercial $6.00 ↓ -33%
Medica Choice $6.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $6.15 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Commercial $6.15 ↓ -32%
Healthez Commercial $6.15 ↓ -32%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $6.15 ↓ -32%
Medica Elect $6.42 ↓ -29%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Cyclosporine modified 25 mg capsule at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $9.02 $2.35 – $6.15
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $5.64 $1.63 – $6.08
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $4.85 $0.36 – $1.35
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $5.85 $1.02 – $5.89
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $8.92 $0.75 – $1.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3.79 $0.75 – $3.48
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $8.92 $0.75 – $1.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $3.79 $0.75 – $3.48

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