Lift heel adj small gl60404sm 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

$28.44

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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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$35.55

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.

$9.60 with Sanford Health Plan vs $111.13 with Primewest — 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

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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $9.60 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $10.94 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $11.29 ↓ -60%
Security Health Plan Commercial $11.58 ↓ -59%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $12.87 ↓ -55%
Health Partners Commercial $14.74 ↓ -48%
Ucare Commercial $14.80 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $16.03 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $17.27 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.59 ↓ -38%
Medica Choice $17.69 ↓ -38%
Medica Elect $18.93 ↓ -33%
Healthez Commercial $18.95 ↓ -33%
Multiplan Commercial $18.95 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $18.95 ↓ -33%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.95 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $83.93 ↑ +195%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $83.93 ↑ +195%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $100.55 ↑ +254%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $107.96 ↑ +280%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $109.02 ↑ +283%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $109.02 ↑ +283%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $109.02 ↑ +283%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $109.02 ↑ +283%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $109.02 ↑ +283%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $111.13 ↑ +291%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Lift heel adj small gl60404sm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $136.66 $15.05 – $90.66
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $159.43 $10.90 – $117.46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $136.66 $15.05 – $35.23
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $159.43 $10.90 – $117.46
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $116.70 $6.17 – $146.34
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $136.66 $15.05 – $35.23
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $159.43 $10.90 – $117.46
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $159.43 $10.90 – $117.46

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