Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code 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

$3,945.60

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

$4,932.00

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.

$1,169.64 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $5,732.05 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

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 $1,169.64 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,510.60 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,621.91 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,637.81 ↓ -58%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,637.81 ↓ -58%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,637.81 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,637.81 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,637.81 ↓ -58%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,669.61 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,701.25 ↓ -57%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,782.26 ↓ -55%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,247.51 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $2,562.67 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $2,644.05 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,712.60 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $3,014.93 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $3,452.40 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $3,466.70 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $3,753.25 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $4,044.24 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,118.22 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $4,142.88 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $4,433.87 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $4,438.80 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,438.80 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $4,438.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $4,438.80 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $5,732.05 ↑ +45%

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $834.40 $404.37 – $1,669.61
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $3,050.40 $1,309.77 – $3,431.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $3,050.40 $1,309.77 – $3,431.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,923.22 $645.67 – $3,895.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,149.23 $927.34 – $4,275.53
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,923.22 $645.67 – $4,056.36
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,149.23 $927.34 – $4,275.53
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $801.47 $626.49 – $2,681.88

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