Ortho hnd/fngr w/jnt cstm w/fit&adj 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

$345.53

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.

$431.91

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.

$196.82 with Sanford Health Plan vs $440.50 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
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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 SD Exchange True $196.82 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $224.42 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $231.55 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $237.55 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $264.03 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $302.34 ↓ -12%
Ucare Commercial $303.59 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $328.68 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $332.66 ↓ -4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $332.66 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $354.17 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $360.64 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $362.80 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $388.29 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $388.72 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $388.72 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $388.72 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $388.72 ↑ +12%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $398.54 ↑ +15%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $427.91 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $432.11 ↑ +25%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $432.11 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $432.11 ↑ +25%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $432.11 ↑ +25%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $432.11 ↑ +25%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $440.50 ↑ +27%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Ortho hnd/fngr w/jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $526.70 $139.65 – $448.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $614.49 $200.57 – $809.69
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $526.70 $139.65 – $448.70
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $614.49 $200.57 – $809.69
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $462.62 $209.25 – $675.58
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $526.70 $139.65 – $448.70
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $614.49 $200.57 – $809.69
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $614.49 $200.57 – $809.69

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