Inf agt nucleic acid human papillomavirus separately reported high-risk types pooled result(s) 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

$154.40

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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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$193.00

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.

$56.33 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $154.16 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 $56.33 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $62.32 ↓ -60%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $66.91 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $67.57 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $67.57 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $67.57 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $67.57 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $67.57 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $68.88 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $87.87 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $87.87 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $90.20 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $103.37 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $103.37 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $113.32 ↓ -27%
Health Partners Commercial $132.84 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $136.94 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $142.52 ↓ -8%
Ucare Commercial $144.09 ↓ -7%
Medica Choice $144.16 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial $147.60 ↓ -4%
Multiplan Commercial $147.60 ↓ -4%
Healthez Commercial $147.60 ↓ -4%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $147.60 ↓ -4%
Medica Elect $154.16 ↓ -0%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Inf agt nucleic acid human papillomavirus separately reported high-risk types pooled result(s) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $154.40 $56.33 – $147.60
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $142.40 $43.09 – $160.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $139.20 $42.13 – $156.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $120.80 $36.56 – $135.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $115.20 $34.86 – $129.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $139.20 $42.13 – $156.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $202.61 $65.36 – $127.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $236.38 $42.66 – $135.26

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