Brace ankle stablizing lg at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street NW, Bemidji, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1801870191
$140.40
Cash price 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.
$175.50
Gross charge 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.
$22.13 with Sanford Health Plan vs $125.91 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $22.13 | ↓ -84% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $25.23 | ↓ -82% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $26.03 | ↓ -81% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $26.71 | ↓ -81% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial | $29.68 | ↓ -79% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $33.99 | ↓ -76% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $34.13 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare | CSP Top 20 | $36.95 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $39.82 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $40.55 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Choice | $40.79 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Elect | $43.66 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $43.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $43.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $43.70 | ↓ -69% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $43.70 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $84.94 | ↓ -40% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $84.94 | ↓ -40% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $113.91 | ↓ -19% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $122.31 | ↓ -13% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $123.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $123.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $123.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $123.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $123.51 | ↓ -12% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $125.91 | ↓ -10% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $116.80 | $13.07 – $48.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $54.40 | $16.46 – $61.20 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $54.40 | $16.46 – $61.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $138.34 | $8.50 – $91.75 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $161.39 | $6.16 – $118.87 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $138.34 | $8.50 – $35.66 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $161.39 | $6.16 – $118.87 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $118.16 | $3.50 – $148.10 |