Asp core fat pad 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

$3,920.00

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.

$4,900.00

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.

$144.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $707.78 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $144.42 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $185.25 ↓ -95%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $198.90 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -95%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -95%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $204.75 ↓ -95%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -95%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $218.57 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $243.34 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $277.47 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $286.28 ↓ -93%
Security Health Plan Commercial $293.70 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $326.43 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Commercial $373.80 ↓ -90%
Ucare Commercial $375.35 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $406.37 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $437.88 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $445.89 ↓ -89%
Medica Choice $448.56 ↓ -89%
Medica Elect $480.07 ↓ -88%
Healthez Commercial $480.60 ↓ -88%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $480.60 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $480.60 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $480.60 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $707.78 ↓ -82%

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Asp core fat pad at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,395.20 $208.64 – $1,569.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,395.20 $208.64 – $1,569.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $895.10 $180.95 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $752.42 $185.30 – $1,002.38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $895.10 $180.95 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $752.42 $185.30 – $1,002.38
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,242.30 $196.43 – $1,814.19
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $895.10 $180.95 – $3,243.00

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