Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$1,720.80

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.

$2,151.00

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.

$659.35 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $3,231.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $659.35 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $850.01 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $912.65 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↓ -46%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $921.59 ↓ -46%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $939.49 ↓ -45%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $957.30 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $980.21 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,002.88 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,117.66 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,153.15 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,183.05 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,314.91 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $1,505.70 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $1,511.94 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,636.91 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $1,763.82 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,796.09 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,806.84 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $1,933.75 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $1,935.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,935.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,935.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,935.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $3,231.27 ↑ +88%

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,628.00 $492.67 – $1,831.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,720.80 $520.76 – $1,935.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,469.60 $673.60 – $1,653.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,628.00 $492.67 – $1,831.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,628.00 $699.02 – $1,831.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,628.00 $699.02 – $1,831.50
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $957.30 – $957.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $957.30 – $957.30

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