Pegfilgrastim-apgf 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe 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

$3,881.49

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.

$4,851.86

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.

$98.36 with Health Partners vs $4,560.75 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
Health Partners Commercial $98.36 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1,666.61 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,843.71 ↓ -52%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,979.56 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,998.97 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,998.97 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,998.97 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,998.97 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,998.97 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $2,037.78 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $2,599.63 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,599.63 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,668.52 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $3,058.13 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $3,058.13 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,352.64 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $4,051.30 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $4,216.27 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $4,262.84 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $4,264.78 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial $4,366.67 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $4,366.67 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $4,366.67 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,366.67 ↑ +12%
Medica Elect $4,560.75 ↑ +17%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Pegfilgrastim-apgf 6 mg/0.6 ml subcutaneous syringe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $3,881.49 $98.36 – $4,366.67
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $3,217.04 $98.36 – $3,619.17
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $2,809.27 $98.36 – $3,160.42
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,745.35 $90.58 – $1,963.51
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $3,217.04 $88.98 – $3,619.17
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $3,217.04 $98.36 – $3,619.17
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,258.51 $7.24 – $217.88
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $3,258.51 $7.24 – $288.72

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