Ghs init tx 1st degree burn 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

$250.40

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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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$313.00

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.

$142.63 with Sanford Health Plan vs $707.78 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

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 $142.63 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $144.42 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $162.63 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $167.80 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $172.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $185.25 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $191.34 ↓ -24%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $198.90 ↓ -21%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $200.85 ↓ -20%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $204.75 ↓ -18%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $208.64 ↓ -17%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $218.57 ↓ -13%
Health Partners Commercial $219.10 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $220.01 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $238.19 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $256.66 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $261.36 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $262.92 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $281.39 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $281.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $707.78 ↑ +183%

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Ghs init tx 1st degree burn at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $307.20 $92.97 – $345.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $250.40 $75.78 – $281.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $266.40 $80.62 – $299.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $264.00 $79.89 – $297.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $276.80 $134.14 – $311.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $307.20 $92.97 – $345.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $221.60 $95.15 – $249.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $221.60 $95.15 – $249.30

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