Brace back vista 464 tlso 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

$443.01

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.

$553.76

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.

$252.35 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,057.02 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 $252.35 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $287.73 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $296.87 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $304.57 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $338.51 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $387.63 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $389.24 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $421.41 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $454.08 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $462.39 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $465.16 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $497.83 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $498.38 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $498.38 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $498.38 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $498.38 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $948.62 ↑ +114%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $948.62 ↑ +114%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $956.36 ↑ +116%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,026.82 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,036.89 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,036.89 ↑ +134%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,036.89 ↑ +134%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,036.89 ↑ +134%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,036.89 ↑ +134%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,057.02 ↑ +139%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Brace back vista 464 tlso at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,568.40 $490.38 – $1,261.81
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,829.80 $704.30 – $2,411.08
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,568.40 $490.38 – $976.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,829.80 $704.30 – $2,411.08
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,573.04 $730.88 – $2,297.17
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,568.40 $490.38 – $976.45
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,829.80 $704.30 – $2,411.08
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,829.80 $704.30 – $2,411.08

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