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Knee X-ray at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne Street NW, Bemidji, MN · Sanford Health · · NPI 1801870191
$640.80
Cash price 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.
$801.00
Gross charge 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.
$79.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $720.90 with Multiplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $79.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $99.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $106.45 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $107.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Medicare Replacement | $107.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $107.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $107.49 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $107.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $109.58 | ↓ -83% |
| Ucare | Medicaid Managed Care | $111.66 | ↓ -83% |
| Primewest | Medicaid Managed Care | $116.97 | ↓ -82% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $365.02 | ↓ -43% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial/Federal | $388.73 | ↓ -39% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $416.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $429.42 | ↓ -33% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $440.55 | ↓ -31% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial | $489.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $560.70 | ↓ -13% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $563.02 | ↓ -12% |
| United Healthcare | CSP Top 20 | $609.56 | ↓ -5% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $656.82 | ↑ +3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $668.84 | ↑ +4% |
| Medica | Choice | $672.84 | ↑ +5% |
| Medica | Elect | $720.10 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $720.90 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $720.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $720.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $720.90 | ↑ +13% |
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Knee X-ray at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $468.80 | $111.66 – $527.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $540.00 | $111.66 – $607.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $640.80 | $111.66 – $720.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $489.60 | $111.66 – $550.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $268.80 | $81.35 – $302.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $387.20 | $81.04 – $435.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $540.00 | $111.66 – $607.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $487.20 | $111.66 – $548.10 |