Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis 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

$288.80

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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.

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$361.00

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.

$153.87 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $754.08 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

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 $153.87 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $164.51 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $187.58 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $189.63 ↓ -34%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $193.53 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $198.55 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $203.60 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $205.60 ↓ -29%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $205.60 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $205.60 ↓ -29%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $205.60 ↓ -29%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $205.60 ↓ -29%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $209.59 ↓ -27%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $213.56 ↓ -26%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $220.68 ↓ -24%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $223.73 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Commercial $252.70 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $253.75 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $274.72 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $296.02 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $301.44 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $303.24 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $324.54 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $324.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $324.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $324.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $324.90 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $754.08 ↑ +161%

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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $233.60 $70.69 – $262.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $348.00 $157.20 – $391.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $239.20 $102.71 – $269.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $239.20 $102.71 – $269.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $217.20 $51.06 – $260.79
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $157.98 $56.26 – $234.23
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $217.20 $51.06 – $509.19
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $157.98 $56.26 – $246.53

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