Perc cryo ablate renal tum 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

$12,917.60

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.

$16,147.00

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.

$7,358.19 with Sanford Health Plan vs $36,393.51 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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $7,358.19 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $7,426.22 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $8,389.98 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $8,656.41 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $8,880.85 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $9,706.69 ↓ -25%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $9,870.66 ↓ -24%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $10,421.92 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $10,524.10 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $10,524.10 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $10,524.10 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $10,524.10 ↓ -19%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $10,524.10 ↓ -19%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $10,728.45 ↓ -17%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $10,931.77 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $11,302.90 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $11,349.73 ↓ -12%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $11,452.33 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $12,287.87 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $13,240.54 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $13,482.75 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $13,563.48 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $14,516.15 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $14,532.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $14,532.30 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $14,532.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $14,532.30 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $36,393.51 ↑ +182%

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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,852.11 $1,186.30 – $12,659.54
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,852.11 $1,186.30 – $26,065.06
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,603.00 $1,253.03 – $10,945.15
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,852.11 $1,186.30 – $12,659.54
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77

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