Immobilizer shldr sling med 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

$160.94

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.

$201.17

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.

$21.90 with Sanford Health Plan vs $158.63 with Primewest — 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 $21.90 ↓ -86%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $24.97 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $25.76 ↓ -84%
Security Health Plan Commercial $26.43 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $29.38 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Commercial $33.64 ↓ -79%
Ucare Commercial $33.78 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $36.57 ↓ -77%
Aetna Commercial $39.41 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.13 ↓ -75%
Medica Choice $40.37 ↓ -75%
Medica Elect $43.21 ↓ -73%
Healthez Commercial $43.25 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial $43.25 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $43.25 ↓ -73%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $43.25 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $107.01 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $107.01 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $143.53 ↓ -11%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $154.10 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $155.61 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $155.61 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $155.61 ↓ -3%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $155.61 ↓ -3%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $155.61 ↓ -3%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $158.63 ↓ -1%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Immobilizer shldr sling med at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $178.56 $44.92 – $115.59
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $208.32 $37.03 – $149.77
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $178.56 $44.92 – $68.38
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $208.32 $37.03 – $149.77
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $188.22 $21.01 – $186.59
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $178.56 $44.92 – $68.38
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $208.32 $37.03 – $149.77
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $208.32 $37.03 – $149.77

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