Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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

$260.00

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.

$325.00

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.

$80.08 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $292.50 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 $80.08 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $81.49 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $81.49 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $85.98 ↓ -67%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $86.82 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $86.82 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $86.82 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $86.82 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $86.82 ↓ -67%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $88.50 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $148.10 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $168.87 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $174.23 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $178.75 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $198.67 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $227.50 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $228.44 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $247.33 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $266.50 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $271.38 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $273.00 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $292.18 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $292.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $292.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $292.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $292.50 ↑ +13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $233.60 $70.69 – $262.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $313.60 $94.90 – $352.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $328.00 $99.26 – $369.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $192.00 $80.05 – $216.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $313.60 $94.90 – $352.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $246.40 $105.80 – $277.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $246.40 $105.80 – $277.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $249.12 $80.37 – $390.19

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