Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center
Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701 · (218) 683-2652
Critical Access Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Private
Data last updated: 2026-02-20
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Your Insurance Plan
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center in Thief River Falls, Minnesota receives a BillKarma billing grade of F based on an average markup of 8.5x Medicare rates across 17 procedures in their published price transparency file. This places it among the 10 most expensive hospitals in Minnesota by markup ratio. The highest individual markups are for Wound Debridement (29.9x Medicare) and Mri neck spine w/o dye (13.8x Medicare). Patients with scheduled procedures at this hospital should review costs and compare nearby alternatives before confirming — charges at D and F grade hospitals are significantly above the national average.
Billing Profile
Last updated: 2026-02-20
Cash discount data sourced from hospital price transparency files. "Not reported" means the hospital did not include this in their posted file.
Billing Grade Position
This hospital is currently graded F based on markup vs Medicare.
Common Procedure Prices
Last updated: 2026-02-20
| CPT | Description | Hospital | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11042 | Wound Debridement | $1666.00 | $55.78 | 29.9x |
| 72141 | Mri neck spine w/o dye | $2627.00 | $190.72 | 13.8x |
| 72148 | Mri lumbar spine w/o dye | $2627.00 | $191.72 | 13.7x |
| 45378 | Diagnostic colonoscopy | $2232.00 | $164.67 | 13.6x |
| 70551 | Mri brain stem w/o dye | $2627.00 | $195.40 | 13.4x |
| 70553 | Mri brain stem w/o & w/dye | $4119.00 | $316.97 | 13.0x |
| 20610 | Joint Injection (drainage) | $511.00 | $39.75 | 12.9x |
| 71045 | X-ray exam chest 1 view | $278.00 | $25.38 | 11.0x |
| 71046 | X-ray exam chest 2 views | $310.00 | $33.07 | 9.4x |
| 49650 | Lap ing hernia repair init | $2833.00 | $424.19 | 6.7x |
| 44970 | Laparoscopy appendectomy | $3518.00 | $578.17 | 6.1x |
| 29881 | Knee Arthroscopy | $2781.00 | $515.71 | 5.4x |
| 47562 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | $3081.00 | $631.95 | 4.9x |
| 10060 | Abscess Drainage | $460.00 | $100.54 | 4.6x |
| 59025 | Fetal non-stress test | $230.00 | $50.44 | 4.6x |
| 27447 | Total Knee Replacement | $5134.00 | $1159.35 | 4.4x |
| 49505 | Prp i/hern init reduc >5 yr | $2083.00 | $508.03 | 4.1x |
| 27130 | Total Hip Replacement | $2928.00 | $1162.02 | 2.5x |
Color key: green <2x · yellow 2–5x · red >5x Medicare
Location
Map shows Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center at 3001 SANFORD PARKWAY, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 56701. Nearby hospitals within 50 miles include No nearby hospitals with comparable billing data..
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Last updated: 2026-02-20
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How we grade this hospital
BillKarma calculates billing grades by comparing each hospital's gross charges to the 2026 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rate for the same CPT codes. We download and parse each hospital's CMS-mandated price transparency file, match procedure codes to Medicare benchmarks, calculate a markup ratio for each matched procedure, and average those ratios across all matched procedures to produce the hospital's overall markup.
Grade thresholds: A = 2.0x Medicare or less · B = 2.1x–3.0x · C = 3.1x–5.0x · D = 5.1x–8.0x · F = More than 8.0x Medicare
Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files (updated annually), CMS OPPS 2026 Final Rule, CMS Hospital Compare (star ratings). Grades are recalculated when hospitals post updated price files. Last file parse date is shown above.