Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$579.96

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$724.94

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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.

$330.36 with Sanford Health Plan vs $786.29 with Primewest — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $330.36 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $376.68 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $388.64 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $398.72 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $443.16 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $507.46 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $509.56 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $551.68 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $594.45 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $605.32 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $608.95 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $651.72 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $652.45 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $652.45 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $652.45 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $652.45 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $694.01 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $694.01 ↑ +20%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $711.40 ↑ +23%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $763.82 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $771.31 ↑ +33%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $771.31 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $771.31 ↑ +33%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $771.31 ↑ +33%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $771.31 ↑ +33%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $786.29 ↑ +36%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $515.85 $156.11 – $580.33
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $603.25 $182.56 – $678.65
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,204.25 $698.70 – $1,159.99
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,204.25 $698.70 – $2,141.06
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,204.25 $698.70 – $1,146.48
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $681.74 – $786.29

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