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Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$4,043.20
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.
$5,054.00
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.
$1,068.26 with Primewest vs $4,750.76 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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| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $1,068.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $1,068.26 | ↓ -74% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $1,736.05 | ↓ -57% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $1,920.52 | ↓ -53% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $2,062.03 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $2,082.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $2,082.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $2,082.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $2,082.25 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $2,082.25 | ↓ -48% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $2,122.68 | ↓ -48% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $2,707.93 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $2,707.93 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $2,779.70 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $3,185.54 | ↓ -21% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $3,185.54 | ↓ -21% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $3,492.31 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $4,093.74 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $4,220.09 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $4,391.93 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $4,440.44 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $4,442.47 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,548.60 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $4,548.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $4,548.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $4,548.60 | ↑ +13% |
| Medica | Elect | $4,750.76 | ↑ +18% |
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Sleep Study (Polysomnography) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $4,043.20 | $1,068.26 – $4,548.60 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $4,175.20 | $1,068.26 – $4,697.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $4,452.00 | $1,068.26 – $4,500.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,907.20 | $1,068.26 – $4,395.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $4,214.40 | $1,068.26 – $4,741.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,428.80 | $754.29 – $4,276.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $4,378.40 | $770.59 – $3,449.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $4,452.00 | $1,068.26 – $4,500.90 |