Ortho hnd metcrpl fx prefb w/fit&adj 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

$167.30

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$209.12

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.

$50.63 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $196.57 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
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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 $50.63 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $95.36 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $102.47 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $103.31 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $103.31 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $103.31 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $103.31 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $105.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $112.09 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $112.72 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $115.02 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $165.08 ↓ -1%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $165.08 ↓ -1%
Health Partners Commercial $169.39 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $174.62 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $181.73 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $183.73 ↑ +10%
Medica Choice $183.82 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $188.21 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $188.21 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $188.21 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $188.21 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $193.48 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $194.21 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $194.21 ↑ +16%
Medica Elect $196.57 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ortho hnd metcrpl fx prefb w/fit&adj at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $167.30 $95.30 – $188.21
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $178.13 $45.91 – $147.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $207.82 $65.94 – $273.83
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $178.13 $45.91 – $147.50
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $207.82 $65.94 – $273.83
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $152.04 $68.80 – $222.03
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $178.13 $45.91 – $147.50
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $207.82 $65.94 – $273.83

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