Shrinker prosth above knee 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

$227.02

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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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$283.77

Gross charge

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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.

$35.46 with Sanford Health Plan vs $111.99 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

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
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $35.46 ↓ -84%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $40.43 ↓ -82%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $41.71 ↓ -82%
Security Health Plan Commercial $42.80 ↓ -81%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $47.57 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Commercial $54.47 ↓ -76%
Ucare Commercial $54.69 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $59.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $63.80 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $64.97 ↓ -71%
Medica Choice $65.36 ↓ -71%
Medica Elect $69.95 ↓ -69%
Healthez Commercial $70.03 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Commercial $70.03 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial $70.03 ↓ -69%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $70.03 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $75.55 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $75.55 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $101.33 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $108.79 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $109.86 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $109.86 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $109.86 ↓ -52%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $109.86 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $109.86 ↓ -52%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $111.99 ↓ -51%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Shrinker prosth above knee at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $123.07 $31.72 – $101.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $143.58 $45.56 – $189.20
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $123.07 $31.72 – $101.90
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $143.58 $45.56 – $189.20
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $105.11 $47.53 – $153.50
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $123.07 $31.72 – $101.90
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $143.58 $45.56 – $189.20
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $143.58 $45.56 – $189.20

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