Diffusing capacity at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street NW, Bemidji, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1801870191
$362.40
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.
$453.00
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 $407.70 with Cigna — 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 | Commercial/Federal | $1.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $1.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $52.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $56.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $56.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $56.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $56.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $56.73 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $56.73 | ↓ -84% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $57.83 | ↓ -84% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $206.43 | ↓ -43% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $235.38 | ↓ -35% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $242.85 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $249.15 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial | $276.92 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $317.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $318.41 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | CSP Top 20 | $344.73 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $371.46 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $378.26 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Choice | $380.52 | ↑ +5% |
| Medica | Elect | $407.25 | ↑ +12% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $407.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $407.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $407.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $407.70 | ↑ +13% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Diffusing capacity at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $234.40 | $70.94 – $263.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $336.80 | $101.92 – $378.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $362.40 | $109.67 – $407.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $370.40 | $112.09 – $416.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $308.00 | $1.00 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $336.80 | $101.92 – $378.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $305.60 | $131.22 – $343.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $305.60 | $131.22 – $343.80 |