Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins 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

$60.00

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.

$75.00

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.

$20.71 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $101.49 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
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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 $20.71 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $27.77 ↓ -54%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $29.82 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $30.11 ↓ -50%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $30.11 ↓ -50%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $30.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $30.11 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $30.11 ↓ -50%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $30.70 ↓ -49%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $31.28 ↓ -48%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $32.77 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $34.18 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $38.97 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $40.21 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $41.25 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $45.85 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $52.50 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $52.72 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $57.08 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $61.50 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $62.63 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $63.00 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $67.43 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $67.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $67.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $67.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $67.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $101.49 ↑ +69%

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Counseling smoke cess interm >10mins at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $60.00 $18.16 – $67.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $67.20 $20.34 – $75.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $57.60 $21.16 – $64.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $61.78 $13.98 – $89.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $108.36 $17.26 – $142.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $61.78 $13.98 – $83.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $108.36 $17.26 – $142.78
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $61.78 $13.98 – $89.00

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