No pt prsnt train add 15 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

$70.40

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.

$88.00

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.

$24.25 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $79.20 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.

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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
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $24.25 ↓ -66%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $26.03 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $26.29 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $26.29 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $26.29 ↓ -63%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $26.29 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $26.29 ↓ -63%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $26.80 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $39.60 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $39.60 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $40.10 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $45.72 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $47.18 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $48.40 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $53.79 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $61.60 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $61.86 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $66.97 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $72.16 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $73.48 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $73.92 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $79.11 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $79.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $79.20 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $79.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $79.20 ↑ +13%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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No pt prsnt train add 15 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $59.20 $17.92 – $66.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $70.40 $21.30 – $79.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $67.20 $20.34 – $75.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $61.60 $18.64 – $69.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.20 $24.25 – $71.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $66.40 $28.51 – $74.70

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