Pentamidine non-comp unit at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$164.00
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.
$205.00
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.
$55.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $151.66 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.
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 | $55.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $61.31 | ↓ -63% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $65.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $66.47 | ↓ -59% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $66.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $66.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $66.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $66.47 | ↓ -59% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $67.76 | ↓ -59% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $86.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $86.45 | ↓ -47% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $88.74 | ↓ -46% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $101.69 | ↓ -38% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $101.69 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $111.49 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $130.69 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $134.72 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $140.20 | ↓ -15% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $141.75 | ↓ -14% |
| Medica | Choice | $141.82 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $145.21 | ↓ -11% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $145.21 | ↓ -11% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $145.21 | ↓ -11% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $145.21 | ↓ -11% |
| Medica | Elect | $151.66 | ↓ -8% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Pentamidine non-comp unit at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $164.00 | $55.42 – $145.21 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $130.29 | $39.43 – $146.57 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $134.76 | $40.78 – $151.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $111.81 | $33.84 – $125.78 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $136.40 | $26.61 – $98.93 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $141.63 | $28.36 – $105.44 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $132.05 | $53.16 – $113.63 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $125.84 | $43.88 – $101.87 |