Fluidotherapy charges pt 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

$118.40

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.

$148.00

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.

$14.77 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $69.30 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.

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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
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $14.77 ↓ -88%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $15.85 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $16.01 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $16.01 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $16.01 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $16.01 ↓ -86%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $16.01 ↓ -86%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $16.32 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $22.80 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $22.80 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $35.09 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $40.01 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $41.28 ↓ -65%
Security Health Plan Commercial $42.35 ↓ -64%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $47.07 ↓ -60%
Health Partners Commercial $53.90 ↓ -54%
Ucare Commercial $54.12 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $58.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial $63.14 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Commercial $64.30 ↓ -46%
Medica Choice $64.68 ↓ -45%
Medica Elect $69.22 ↓ -42%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $69.30 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Commercial $69.30 ↓ -41%
Healthez Commercial $69.30 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $69.30 ↓ -41%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Fluidotherapy charges pt at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $156.00 $47.21 – $175.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $118.40 $35.83 – $133.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $101.60 $30.75 – $114.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $112.00 $14.77 – $124.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $101.60 $43.62 – $114.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $101.60 $43.62 – $114.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $228.58 $10.91 – $30.06
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $240.35 $12.51 – $107.36

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