Naloxone 0.4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$36.27

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$45.33

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.

$14.86 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $40.66 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 $14.86 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $16.44 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $17.65 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $17.82 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $18.17 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $23.18 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $23.18 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $23.79 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $27.27 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $27.27 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $29.89 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Commercial $35.04 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $36.12 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial $37.59 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $38.01 ↑ +5%
Medica Choice $38.03 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial $38.93 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Commercial $38.93 ↑ +7%
Healthez Commercial $38.93 ↑ +7%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $38.93 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $40.66 ↑ +12%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Naloxone 0.4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $36.27 $14.86 – $38.93
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $65.56 $18.17 – $67.55
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $63.12 $1.59 – $5.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.49 $15.17 – $56.39
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.73 $7.79 – $28.94
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.42 $18.49 – $68.74
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $46.12 $8.53 – $17.06
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.12 $29.88 – $69.37

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