Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street NW, Bemidji, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1801870191
$13.51
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.
$16.88
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.
$1.02 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $14.63 with Healthez — 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $1.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $1.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $7.41 | ↓ -45% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $8.44 | ↓ -38% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $8.71 | ↓ -36% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $8.94 | ↓ -34% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial | $9.93 | ↓ -26% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $11.38 | ↓ -16% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $11.42 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | CSP Top 20 | $12.37 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $13.33 | ↓ -1% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $13.57 | ↑ +0% |
| Medica | Choice | $13.65 | ↑ +1% |
| Medica | Elect | $14.61 | ↑ +8% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $14.63 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $14.63 | ↑ +8% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $14.63 | ↑ +8% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $14.63 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | not published by hospital | — |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $86.40 | $19.61 – $72.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $80.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $15.60 | $3.86 – $14.35 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $40.00 | $6.05 – $22.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $70.79 | $14.28 – $53.09 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $75.59 | $1.00 – $39.89 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $80.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $27.78 | $1.85 – $2.95 |