X-ray joint survey 1 view at Sanford Bagley Medical Center
203 4th Street NW, Bagley, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1932472255
$332.80
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.
$416.00
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.
$100.71 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $391.04 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 | $100.71 | ↓ -70% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $111.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $189.70 | ↓ -43% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $203.84 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $205.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $205.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $205.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $205.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $209.66 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $222.98 | ↓ -33% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $224.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $228.80 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $328.39 | ↓ -1% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $328.39 | ↓ -1% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $336.96 | ↑ +1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $347.36 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $361.50 | ↑ +9% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $365.50 | ↑ +10% |
| Medica | Choice | $365.66 | ↑ +10% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $374.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $374.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $374.40 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $374.40 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $384.88 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $386.34 | ↑ +16% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $386.34 | ↑ +16% |
| Medica | Elect | $391.04 | ↑ +18% |
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X-ray joint survey 1 view at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $344.00 | $104.10 – $387.00 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $332.80 | $100.71 – $374.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $199.20 | $60.28 – $224.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $332.80 | $79.32 – $374.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $198.40 | $81.04 – $223.20 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $332.80 | $100.71 – $374.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $220.80 | $94.81 – $248.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $220.80 | $94.81 – $248.40 |