Colposcopy vulva 56820 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

$380.00

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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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$475.00

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.

$143.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $704.52 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 $143.76 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $187.56 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $201.38 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $203.35 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $203.35 ↓ -46%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $203.35 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $203.35 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $203.35 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $207.30 ↓ -45%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $211.23 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $216.46 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $221.29 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $246.81 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $254.65 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $261.25 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $290.37 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $332.50 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $333.88 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $361.48 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $389.50 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $396.63 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $399.00 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $427.03 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $427.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $427.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $427.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $427.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $704.52 ↑ +85%

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Colposcopy vulva 56820 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $146.87 – $207.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $211.23 – $211.23
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $211.23 – $211.23

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