Incise tear duct opening 68440 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

$1,439.20

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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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$1,799.00

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.

$210.17 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,619.10 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $210.17 ↓ -85%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $278.70 ↓ -81%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $299.24 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $302.17 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $302.17 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $302.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $302.17 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $302.17 ↓ -79%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $308.04 ↓ -79%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $313.88 ↓ -78%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $328.82 ↓ -77%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $819.80 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $934.76 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $964.44 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $989.45 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,029.94 ↓ -28%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,099.73 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $1,259.30 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $1,264.52 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,369.04 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $1,475.18 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,502.17 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,511.16 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $1,617.30 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,619.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,619.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,619.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,619.10 ↑ +13%

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Incise tear duct opening 68440 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $214.70 – $308.04
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $313.88 – $313.88
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls not published $313.88 – $313.88

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