Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min, other 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

$110.40

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.

$138.00

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.

$1.02 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $124.20 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1.02 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.02 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $50.00 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $53.69 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $54.21 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $54.21 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $54.21 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $54.21 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $54.21 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $55.27 ↓ -50%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $62.89 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $71.70 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $73.98 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $75.90 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $84.36 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $96.60 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $97.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $105.02 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $113.16 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $115.23 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $115.92 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $124.06 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $124.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $124.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $124.20 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $124.20 ↑ +13%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ghs moderate sedation ea addtl 15 min, other at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $115.20 $34.86 – $129.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $112.00 $1.00 – $126.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $137.60 $59.08 – $154.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $137.60 $59.08 – $154.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $85.44 $32.63 – $91.73
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $74.70 $46.87 – $108.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $85.44 $32.63 – $91.73
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $74.70 $46.87 – $108.78

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