Mayo oxalate 24 hour urine 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

$57.60

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.

$72.00

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.

$16.14 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $44.18 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 $16.14 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.86 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.18 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $19.36 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.36 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.36 ↓ -66%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.36 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.36 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.74 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $25.18 ↓ -56%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $25.18 ↓ -56%
Security Health Plan Commercial $25.85 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $29.62 ↓ -49%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $29.62 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $32.48 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Commercial $38.07 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $39.25 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $40.84 ↓ -29%
Ucare Commercial $41.29 ↓ -28%
Medica Choice $41.31 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial $42.30 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Commercial $42.30 ↓ -27%
Healthez Commercial $42.30 ↓ -27%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $42.30 ↓ -27%
Medica Elect $44.18 ↓ -23%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Mayo oxalate 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $57.60 $16.14 – $42.30
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $37.60 $11.38 – $42.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $57.60 $11.14 – $41.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $32.26 $13.45 – $41.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $37.63 $13.45 – $51.68

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