Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine 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

$76.00

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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$95.00

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.

$31.26 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $85.54 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 $31.26 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $34.58 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $37.13 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $37.49 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $37.49 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $37.49 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $37.49 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $37.49 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $38.22 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/TRUE $48.76 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $48.76 ↓ -36%
Security Health Plan Commercial $50.05 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $57.36 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $57.36 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $62.88 ↓ -17%
Health Partners Commercial $73.71 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $75.99 ↓ -0%
Aetna Commercial $79.08 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $79.95 ↑ +5%
Medica Choice $79.99 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial $81.90 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $81.90 ↑ +8%
Healthez Commercial $81.90 ↑ +8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $81.90 ↑ +8%
Medica Elect $85.54 ↑ +13%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Warde 1005020 citrate 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $76.00 $31.26 – $81.90
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $72.80 $22.03 – $81.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $122.40 $25.42 – $94.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $76.80 $20.82 – $77.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $73.60 $22.27 – $82.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $122.40 $25.42 – $94.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $68.26 $14.45 – $49.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $79.63 $17.83 – $51.68

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