Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center

1300 Anne Street NW, Bemidji, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1801870191

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

$853.60

Cash price

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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.

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.

$1,067.00

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.

$79.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $960.30 with Cigna — 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 $79.32 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $99.14 ↓ -88%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $106.45 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -87%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $109.58 ↓ -87%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $111.66 ↓ -87%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $116.97 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $388.73 ↓ -54%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $486.23 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $554.41 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $572.02 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $586.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $652.26 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $746.90 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $749.99 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $811.99 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $874.94 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $890.95 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $896.28 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $959.23 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $960.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $960.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $960.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $960.30 ↑ +13%

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $952.00 $111.66 – $1,071.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,561.60 $111.66 – $1,756.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $853.60 $111.66 – $960.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $824.80 $111.66 – $927.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $867.20 $111.66 – $975.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $832.80 $81.04 – $936.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,561.60 $111.66 – $1,756.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $732.80 $111.66 – $824.40

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