Ortho wrst/hnd 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

$1,211.11

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.

$1,513.88

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.

$689.88 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,362.49 with Cigna — 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 $689.88 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $786.61 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $811.59 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $832.63 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $925.43 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $1,026.98 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1,026.98 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $1,059.72 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $1,064.11 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,152.06 ↓ -5%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,230.49 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $1,241.38 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,264.09 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,271.66 ↑ +5%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,321.16 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,334.11 ↑ +10%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,334.11 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,334.11 ↑ +10%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,334.11 ↑ +10%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,334.11 ↑ +10%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,360.01 ↑ +12%
Medica Elect $1,360.98 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $1,362.49 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $1,362.49 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,362.49 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $1,362.49 ↑ +12%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,211.11 $366.51 – $1,362.49
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,626.05 $431.12 – $1,385.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,897.06 $619.21 – $2,499.70
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,626.05 $431.12 – $1,385.20
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,897.06 $619.21 – $2,499.70
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,428.22 $646.00 – $2,085.69
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,626.05 $431.12 – $1,385.20
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,897.06 $619.21 – $2,499.70

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