Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution 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

$70.24

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$87.79

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.

$16.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $44.32 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

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 $16.20 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.92 ↓ -74%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.24 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $19.43 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.43 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.43 ↓ -72%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.43 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.43 ↓ -72%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.80 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $25.26 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $25.26 ↓ -64%
Security Health Plan Commercial $25.93 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $29.72 ↓ -58%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $29.72 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $32.58 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Commercial $38.19 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $39.37 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $40.97 ↓ -42%
Ucare Commercial $41.43 ↓ -41%
Medica Choice $41.44 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $42.44 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Commercial $42.44 ↓ -40%
Healthez Commercial $42.44 ↓ -40%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $42.44 ↓ -40%
Medica Elect $44.32 ↓ -37%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Vasopressin 20 unit/ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $70.24 $16.20 – $42.44
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $64.40 $19.49 – $72.45
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $63.24 $18.70 – $69.53
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $46.16 $2.61 – $51.92
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.16 $2.56 – $70.19
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $70.44 $21.31 – $79.24
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $233.69 $0.59 – $2.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $63.34 $0.59 – $61.38

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