Ghs layered repair over 3.0 cm -12057 at Sanford Bagley Medical Center

203 4th Street NW, Bagley, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1932472255

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$560.00

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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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$700.00

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.

$169.47 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $658.00 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $169.47 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $319.20 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $343.00 ↓ -39%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $345.80 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $345.80 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $345.80 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $345.80 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $352.80 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $375.20 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $377.30 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $385.00 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $419.51 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $552.58 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $552.58 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $567.00 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $584.50 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $608.30 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $615.02 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $615.30 ↑ +10%
Healthez Commercial $630.00 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $630.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $630.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $630.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $647.64 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $650.09 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $650.09 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $658.00 ↑ +18%

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Ghs layered repair over 3.0 cm -12057 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,304.00 $394.62 – $1,467.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,000.00 $287.67 – $2,250.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $944.00 $293.89 – $1,062.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $419.51 – $419.51
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $419.51 – $419.51

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