Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$296.00

Cash price

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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.

$370.00

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.

$92.16 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $451.64 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
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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 $92.16 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $120.18 ↓ -59%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $129.03 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $130.30 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $130.30 ↓ -56%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $130.30 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $130.30 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $130.30 ↓ -56%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $132.83 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $135.35 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $141.79 ↓ -52%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $168.61 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $192.25 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $198.36 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $203.50 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $226.18 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $259.00 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $260.07 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $281.57 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $303.40 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $308.95 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $310.80 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $332.63 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $333.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $333.00 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $333.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $333.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $451.64 ↑ +53%

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $65.04 $117.38 – $466.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $358.40 $126.76 – $550.95
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $65.04 $117.38 – $464.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $358.40 $126.76 – $550.95
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $65.04 $117.38 – $466.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $358.40 $126.76 – $550.95
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $358.40 $126.76 – $550.95
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $358.40 $126.76 – $972.14

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