Inj w/fluor eval cv device 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

$630.40

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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.

$788.00

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.

$154.62 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $757.79 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 $154.62 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $196.43 ↓ -69%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $210.91 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $212.97 ↓ -66%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $212.97 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $212.97 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $212.97 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $212.97 ↓ -66%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $217.11 ↓ -66%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $221.22 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $231.76 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $359.09 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $409.44 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $422.45 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $433.40 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $481.70 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $551.60 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $553.89 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $599.67 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $646.16 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $657.98 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $661.92 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $708.41 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $709.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $709.20 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $709.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $709.20 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $757.79 ↑ +20%

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Inj w/fluor eval cv device at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $708.80 $221.22 – $797.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $708.80 $221.22 – $797.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,618.08 $191.86 – $3,784.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $775.77 $202.65 – $1,682.33
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,618.08 $113.85 – $3,784.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $775.77 $202.65 – $1,682.33
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $904.29 $208.25 – $2,096.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,618.08 $191.86 – $3,784.00

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