Episiotomy/vag rpr oth/thn attending phys 59300 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

$1,660.00

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.

$2,075.00

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.

$712.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,338.51 with Ucare — 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 $712.76 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $788.50 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $846.60 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $854.90 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $854.90 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $854.90 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $854.90 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $854.90 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $871.50 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $1,111.79 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,111.79 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,141.25 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $1,307.87 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,307.87 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,433.83 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $1,680.75 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,732.63 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,803.18 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,823.10 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $1,823.93 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $1,867.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,867.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,867.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,867.50 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $1,950.50 ↑ +18%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,338.51 ↑ +101%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,338.51 ↑ +101%

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Episiotomy/vag rpr oth/thn attending phys 59300 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,660.00 $712.76 – $1,867.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,744.80 $993.88 – $3,276.41
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,720.49 $1,870.28 – $5,421.55
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,720.49 $1,870.28 – $5,421.55
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,720.49 $1,870.28 – $5,421.55
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,720.49 $1,870.28 – $5,421.55
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,720.49 $1,299.95 – $11,848.99
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,338.51 – $3,338.51

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