Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$228.57
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.
$285.71
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.
$46.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $126.58 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 | $46.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $51.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $54.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $55.48 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $55.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $55.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $55.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $55.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $56.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $72.15 | ↓ -68% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $72.15 | ↓ -68% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $74.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $84.88 | ↓ -63% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $84.88 | ↓ -63% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $93.05 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $109.07 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $112.44 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $117.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $118.31 | ↓ -48% |
| Medica | Choice | $118.37 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $121.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $121.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $121.19 | ↓ -47% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $121.19 | ↓ -47% |
| Medica | Elect | $126.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $228.57 | $46.26 – $121.19 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $471.48 | $142.68 – $530.41 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $239.72 | $59.31 – $220.49 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $214.52 | $64.92 – $241.33 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $457.17 | $138.35 – $514.31 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $406.10 | $28.28 – $105.12 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $354.99 | $20.52 – $399.36 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $321.32 | $20.16 – $361.48 |