IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$182.40

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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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$228.00

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.

$1.02 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $76.50 with Cigna — 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 Commercial/Federal $1.02 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.02 ↓ -99%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $17.60 ↓ -90%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $18.90 ↓ -90%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.08 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.08 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.08 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $19.08 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.08 ↓ -90%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $19.45 ↓ -89%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $38.73 ↓ -79%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $44.17 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $45.57 ↓ -75%
Security Health Plan Commercial $46.75 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Commercial $47.20 ↓ -74%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $51.96 ↓ -72%
Ucare Commercial $59.75 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $64.69 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $69.70 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Commercial $70.98 ↓ -61%
Medica Choice $71.40 ↓ -61%
Medica Elect $76.42 ↓ -58%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $76.50 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $76.50 ↓ -58%
Healthez Commercial $76.50 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $76.50 ↓ -58%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $187.20 $47.20 – $210.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $191.20 $47.20 – $215.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $182.40 $47.20 – $205.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $174.40 $47.20 – $196.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $240.80 $47.20 – $252.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $180.80 $1.00 – $203.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $191.20 $47.20 – $215.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $107.20 $46.03 – $120.60

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