Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$10,322.40

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$12,903.00

Gross charge

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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.

$3,964.52 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $19,428.80 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 $3,964.52 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $5,039.90 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $5,411.26 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $5,464.31 ↓ -47%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $5,464.31 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $5,464.31 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $5,464.31 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $5,464.31 ↓ -47%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $5,570.41 ↓ -46%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $5,675.99 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $5,879.90 ↓ -43%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $5,946.27 ↓ -42%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $6,704.40 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $6,917.30 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $7,096.65 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $7,887.60 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $9,032.10 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $9,069.52 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $9,819.18 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $10,580.46 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,774.01 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $10,838.52 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $11,599.80 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $11,612.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $11,612.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $11,612.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $11,612.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $19,428.80 ↑ +88%

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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $6,008.06 $2,761.42 – $8,774.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,479.67 $3,407.48 – $10,694.53
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $6,008.06 $2,761.42 – $13,533.48
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $3,479.67 $3,407.48 – $10,694.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $6,008.06 $2,761.42 – $8,774.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $3,479.67 $3,407.48 – $12,132.00
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $3,479.67 $3,407.48 – $10,694.53
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $3,479.67 $2,629.14 – $21,587.76

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