Peng benzathine/procaine inj at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$82.63
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.
$103.28
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.
$35.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $97.08 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 | $35.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $39.25 | ↓ -52% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $42.14 | ↓ -49% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $42.55 | ↓ -49% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $42.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $42.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $42.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $42.55 | ↓ -49% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $43.38 | ↓ -48% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $55.34 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $55.34 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $56.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $65.10 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $65.10 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $71.37 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $83.66 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $86.24 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $89.75 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $90.74 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $90.78 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $92.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $92.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $92.95 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $92.95 | ↑ +12% |
| Medica | Elect | $97.08 | ↑ +17% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $82.63 | $35.48 – $92.95 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $155.22 | $16.02 – $174.62 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $420.80 | $15.74 – $296.89 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $284.30 | $86.04 – $319.83 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $488.95 | $16.19 – $644.27 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $488.95 | $16.19 – $644.27 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $488.95 | $16.19 – $591.08 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $488.95 | $16.19 – $591.08 |