Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - adult 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

$36.68

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.

$45.85

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.

$15.75 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $43.10 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $15.75 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.42 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.71 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $18.89 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $18.89 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $18.89 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $18.89 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $18.89 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.26 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $24.57 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $24.57 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $25.22 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $28.90 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $28.90 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $31.68 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $37.14 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $38.28 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $39.84 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $40.28 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $40.30 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $41.27 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $41.27 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $41.27 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $41.27 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $43.10 ↑ +18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Epinephrine 1 mg/ml im kit - adult at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $36.68 $15.75 – $41.27
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $70.60 $18.80 – $69.89
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $62.08 $18.79 – $69.84
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $50.60 $15.31 – $56.93
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $26.08 $7.89 – $29.34
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $62.12 $18.80 – $69.88
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $46.80 $26.33 – $52.65
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $70.46 $29.98 – $69.61

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