Boot mlti podous univ xlg 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

$384.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$110.24 with Sanford Health Plan vs $252.42 with Primewest — 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 $110.24 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $125.70 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $129.69 ↓ -66%
Security Health Plan Commercial $133.06 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $147.89 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Commercial $169.34 ↓ -56%
Ucare Commercial $170.05 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $184.10 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $190.96 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $190.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $198.37 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Commercial $202.00 ↓ -47%
Medica Choice $203.21 ↓ -47%
Medica Elect $217.49 ↓ -43%
Healthez Commercial $217.73 ↓ -43%
Multiplan Commercial $217.73 ↓ -43%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $217.73 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $217.73 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $228.38 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $245.21 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↓ -36%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↓ -36%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $247.61 ↓ -36%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $252.42 ↓ -34%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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