Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple 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

$474.40

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.

$593.00

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.

$270.23 with Sanford Health Plan vs $2,487.46 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $270.23 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $308.12 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $317.91 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $326.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $362.50 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $415.10 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $416.82 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $451.27 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $486.26 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $495.16 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $498.12 ↑ +5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $507.57 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $533.11 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $533.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $533.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $533.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $533.70 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $655.98 ↑ +38%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $704.31 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↑ +50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↑ +50%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↑ +50%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $711.22 ↑ +50%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $725.03 ↑ +53%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $738.77 ↑ +56%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $773.95 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $2,487.46 ↑ +424%

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Ghs i and d pilonidal cyst simple at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $799.20 $241.86 – $899.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $619.20 $187.39 – $696.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $474.40 $143.57 – $533.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $720.80 $218.13 – $810.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $560.00 $271.39 – $725.03
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $619.20 $187.39 – $696.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $636.00 $273.08 – $715.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $636.00 $273.08 – $715.50

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