Scan duplex lower extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left 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

$676.80

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$846.00

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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.

$79.32 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $622.80 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $79.32 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $99.14 ↓ -85%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $106.45 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -84%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $107.49 ↓ -84%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $109.58 ↓ -84%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $111.66 ↓ -84%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $116.97 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $315.34 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $359.56 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $370.98 ↓ -45%
Security Health Plan Commercial $380.60 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $388.73 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $423.02 ↓ -37%
Health Partners Commercial $484.40 ↓ -28%
Ucare Commercial $486.41 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $526.61 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $567.44 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $577.82 ↓ -15%
Medica Choice $581.28 ↓ -14%
Medica Elect $622.11 ↓ -8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $622.80 ↓ -8%
Healthez Commercial $622.80 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial $622.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $622.80 ↓ -8%

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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,088.00 $111.66 – $1,224.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $918.40 $111.66 – $1,033.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $676.80 $111.66 – $761.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $888.80 $111.66 – $999.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,098.40 $81.04 – $1,235.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $918.40 $111.66 – $1,033.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $640.80 $111.66 – $720.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $640.80 $111.66 – $720.90

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