Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe 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

$51.28

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.

$64.09

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.

$1.02 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $50.07 with Healthez — 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 $1.02 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1.02 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $25.35 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $28.91 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $29.82 ↓ -42%
Security Health Plan Commercial $30.60 ↓ -40%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $34.01 ↓ -34%
Health Partners Commercial $38.94 ↓ -24%
Ucare Commercial $39.10 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $42.33 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $45.62 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial $46.45 ↓ -9%
Medica Choice $46.73 ↓ -9%
Medica Elect $50.01 ↓ -2%
Multiplan Commercial $50.07 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial $50.07 ↓ -2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $50.07 ↓ -2%
Healthez Commercial $50.07 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $60.64 $18.21 – $67.71
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $62.84 $18.35 – $68.22
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $54.94 $14.79 – $55.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $27.40 $7.38 – $27.43
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $63.40 $18.40 – $68.39
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $60.65 $1.00 – $67.83
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $63.40 $18.25 – $67.86
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $40.01 $15.05 – $39.43

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