Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session 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

$3,754.40

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.

$4,693.00

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.

$152.78 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $11,269.42 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 Align Medicare Replacement $152.78 ↓ -96%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $164.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $165.64 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $165.64 ↓ -96%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $165.64 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $165.64 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $165.64 ↓ -96%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $168.86 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $2,138.60 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $2,299.56 ↓ -39%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $2,438.48 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $2,515.92 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,581.15 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $2,868.83 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $3,285.10 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $3,298.71 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $3,571.37 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $3,848.26 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,918.66 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $3,942.12 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $4,219.01 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,223.70 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $4,223.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $4,223.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $4,223.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $11,269.42 ↑ +200%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Rmvl pq vad left hrt vein sep session at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $5,267.47 $105.09 – $3,119.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $5,267.47 $105.09 – $3,119.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $5,267.47 $105.09 – $3,119.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $152.78 – $168.86

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