No pt prsnt train initial 30 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

$140.80

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.

$176.00

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.

$49.27 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $158.40 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 $49.27 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $52.90 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $53.42 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $53.42 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $53.42 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $53.42 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $53.42 ↓ -62%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $54.46 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $79.20 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $79.20 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $80.20 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $91.45 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $94.35 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $96.80 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $107.59 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $123.20 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $123.71 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $133.94 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $144.32 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $146.96 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $147.84 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $158.22 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $158.40 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $158.40 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $158.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $158.40 ↑ +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 initial 30 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $120.00 $36.32 – $135.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $129.60 $39.22 – $145.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $140.80 $42.61 – $158.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $136.00 $41.16 – $153.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $123.20 $37.28 – $138.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $127.20 $49.27 – $143.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $129.60 $39.22 – $145.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $132.80 $57.02 – $149.40

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