Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 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

$839.20

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.

$1,049.00

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.

$453.09 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $2,220.46 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $453.09 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $478.03 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $545.06 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $562.37 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $570.71 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $576.95 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $612.76 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $618.77 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $618.77 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $618.77 ↓ -26%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $618.77 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $618.77 ↓ -26%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $630.78 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $641.25 ↓ -24%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $642.74 ↓ -23%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $673.34 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Commercial $734.30 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $737.34 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $798.29 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $860.18 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $875.92 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $881.16 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $943.05 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $944.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $944.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $944.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $944.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $2,220.46 ↑ +165%

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Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $584.80 $176.98 – $657.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,158.40 $350.56 – $1,303.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $856.00 $414.84 – $963.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $642.74 – $642.74

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