Collar cerv ascend 172 reg 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

$224.11

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.

$280.13

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.

$13.84 with Sanford Health Plan vs $200.24 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 $13.84 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $15.79 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $16.29 ↓ -93%
Security Health Plan Commercial $16.71 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $18.57 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Commercial $21.27 ↓ -91%
Ucare Commercial $21.35 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $23.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $24.91 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $25.37 ↓ -89%
Medica Choice $25.52 ↓ -89%
Medica Elect $27.31 ↓ -88%
Healthez Commercial $27.34 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $27.34 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $27.34 ↓ -88%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $27.34 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $161.16 ↓ -28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $161.16 ↓ -28%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $181.17 ↓ -19%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $194.51 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -12%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -12%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $196.42 ↓ -12%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $200.24 ↓ -11%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Collar cerv ascend 172 reg at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $59.20 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $92.80 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $57.60 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $212.00 $23.65 – $200.24
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $92.80 $15.49 – $57.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $262.46 $8.42 – $174.09
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $306.21 $6.09 – $225.55
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $262.46 $8.42 – $67.66

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