Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm 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

$2,136.96

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.

$2,671.20

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 $206.55 with Healthez — 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 $1.02 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1.02 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $104.58 ↓ -95%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $119.25 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $123.03 ↓ -94%
Security Health Plan Commercial $126.23 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $140.29 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Commercial $160.65 ↓ -92%
Ucare Commercial $161.32 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $174.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $188.19 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial $191.63 ↓ -91%
Medica Choice $192.78 ↓ -91%
Medica Elect $206.32 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Commercial $206.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $206.55 ↓ -90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $206.55 ↓ -90%
Healthez Commercial $206.55 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $454.40 $137.51 – $511.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $344.00 $82.31 – $306.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $344.00 $82.31 – $306.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $6,888.05 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $8,036.06 $21.20 – $67.22
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $6,888.05 not published
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $8,036.06 $21.20 – $67.22
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $7,659.01 $31.73 – $65.42

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