Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$590.40
Cash price 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.
$738.00
Gross charge 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.
$253.50 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $693.72 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $253.50 | ↓ -57% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $280.44 | ↓ -53% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $301.10 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $304.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $304.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $304.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $304.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $304.06 | ↓ -48% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $309.96 | ↓ -48% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $395.42 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $395.42 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $405.90 | ↓ -31% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $419.51 | ↓ -29% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $419.51 | ↓ -29% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $465.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $465.16 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $509.96 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $597.78 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $616.23 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $641.32 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $648.41 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $648.70 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $664.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $664.20 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $664.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $664.20 | ↑ +13% |
| Medica | Elect | $693.72 | ↑ +18% |
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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $590.40 | $253.50 – $664.20 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $645.60 | $195.37 – $726.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $531.20 | $160.75 – $597.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $553.60 | $167.53 – $622.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $474.40 | $143.57 – $533.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $456.80 | $138.24 – $513.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $553.60 | $287.67 – $622.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $480.00 | $232.62 – $540.00 |