Vaccine rabies im at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$963.04
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.
$1,203.79
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.
$404.99 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,108.26 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 | $404.99 | ↓ -58% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $448.02 | ↓ -53% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $481.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $485.75 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $485.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $485.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $485.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $485.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $495.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $631.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $631.71 | ↓ -34% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $648.45 | ↓ -33% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $743.12 | ↓ -23% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $743.12 | ↓ -23% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $814.69 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $954.99 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $984.47 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,024.55 | ↑ +6% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $1,035.87 | ↑ +8% |
| Medica | Choice | $1,036.34 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,061.10 | ↑ +10% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,061.10 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $1,061.10 | ↑ +10% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,061.10 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Elect | $1,108.26 | ↑ +15% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Vaccine rabies im at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $963.04 | $404.99 – $1,061.10 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $564.92 | $150.38 – $559.03 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $564.60 | $150.38 – $559.03 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $401.36 | $121.46 – $451.52 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $467.37 | $141.44 – $525.79 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $573.83 | $141.91 – $527.56 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $344.93 | $196.48 – $388.04 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $663.38 | $249.11 – $578.29 |