Ablate bone tumor(s) perq 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

$8,528.80

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.

$10,661.00

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.

$4,858.22 with Sanford Health Plan vs $46,531.30 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $4,858.22 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $5,539.46 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $5,715.36 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $5,863.55 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $6,517.07 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $7,462.70 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $7,493.62 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $8,113.02 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $8,742.02 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,901.94 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $8,955.24 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $9,494.88 ↑ +11%
Medica Elect $9,584.24 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $9,594.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $9,594.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $9,594.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $9,594.90 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $11,996.12 ↑ +41%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $12,880.05 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $13,006.32 ↑ +52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $13,006.32 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $13,006.32 ↑ +52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $13,006.32 ↑ +52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $13,006.32 ↑ +52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $13,258.87 ↑ +55%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $13,510.16 ↑ +58%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $14,153.50 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $46,531.30 ↑ +446%

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Ablate bone tumor(s) perq at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,823.82 $845.91 – $20,881.79
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $3,823.82 $845.91 – $46,040.52
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $3,823.82 $845.91 – $20,881.79
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $13,510.16 – $13,510.16
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $13,510.16 – $13,510.16
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $13,510.16 – $13,510.16
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $13,510.16 – $13,510.16
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $13,510.16 – $13,510.16

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