Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis at Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
3001 Sanford Pkwy, Thief River Falls, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1043218753
$177.60
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.
$222.00
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.
$21.98 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $60.16 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 | $21.98 | ↓ -88% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $24.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $26.11 | ↓ -85% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $26.37 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $26.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $26.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $26.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $26.37 | ↓ -85% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $26.88 | ↓ -85% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/TRUE | $34.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $34.29 | ↓ -81% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $35.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $40.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $40.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $44.22 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $51.84 | ↓ -71% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $53.44 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $55.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $56.23 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Choice | $56.26 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -68% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -68% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $57.60 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Elect | $60.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Warde hemoglobin fractionation/quantitation electrophoresis at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $177.60 | $21.98 – $57.60 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $133.60 | $40.43 – $150.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $156.80 | $47.45 – $176.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $65.60 | $19.85 – $73.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $156.80 | $47.45 – $176.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $33.98 | $11.98 – $41.02 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $22.68 | $10.15 – $51.68 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $33.98 | $11.98 – $16.64 |