Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 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

$548.00

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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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$685.00

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.

$178.29 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $873.77 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 $178.29 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $226.75 ↓ -59%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $243.46 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -55%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $245.85 ↓ -55%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $250.62 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $255.37 ↓ -53%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $267.53 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $312.15 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $355.93 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $367.23 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $376.75 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $418.74 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $479.50 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $481.49 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $521.29 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $561.70 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $571.98 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $575.40 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $615.82 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $616.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $616.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $616.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $616.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $873.77 ↑ +59%

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Bladder irrigate/lavage/instill 51700 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $520.00 $157.37 – $585.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $548.00 $165.84 – $616.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $536.00 $162.21 – $603.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $385.60 $182.15 – $425.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $556.00 $238.73 – $625.50

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