Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session 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

$340.80

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$426.00

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$146.33 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $400.44 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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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The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $146.33 ↓ -57%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $161.88 ↓ -53%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $173.81 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $175.51 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $175.51 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $175.51 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $175.51 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $175.51 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $178.92 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -39%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $228.25 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $228.25 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $234.30 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $268.51 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $268.51 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $294.37 ↓ -14%
Health Partners Commercial $345.06 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $355.71 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $370.19 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $374.28 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $374.45 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $383.40 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $383.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $383.40 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $383.40 ↑ +13%
Medica Elect $400.44 ↑ +18%

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Removal devitalized tissue non-selective debridement without anesthesia per session at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $340.80 $146.33 – $383.40
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $276.00 $83.52 – $310.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $336.80 $101.92 – $378.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $336.80 $144.42 – $378.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $148.80 $72.11 – $204.75
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $139.44 $49.29 – $238.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $146.61 $70.79 – $214.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $139.44 $49.29 – $497.45

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