Phleb veins 1 extrm 10-20 stab 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

$6,159.20

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.

$7,699.00

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.

$2,644.61 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $7,237.06 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $2,644.61 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $2,925.62 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,141.19 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,171.99 ↓ -48%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,171.99 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,171.99 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $3,171.99 ↓ -48%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,171.99 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,233.58 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $3,304.88 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $3,304.88 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $4,125.12 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $4,125.12 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $4,234.45 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4,852.68 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4,852.68 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $5,320.01 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $6,236.19 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $6,428.67 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $6,690.43 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $6,764.34 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $6,767.42 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $6,929.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $6,929.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $6,929.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $6,929.10 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $7,237.06 ↑ +18%

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Phleb veins 1 extrm 10-20 stab at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $6,159.20 $2,644.61 – $6,929.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $4,390.40 $2,299.56 – $4,939.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $4,284.48 $1,166.55 – $7,233.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4,284.48 $1,166.55 – $7,879.95
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,284.48 $1,166.55 – $7,233.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,304.88 – $3,304.88
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $3,304.88 – $3,304.88
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $3,304.88 – $3,304.88

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