Shrinker prosth below 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

$217.66

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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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$272.07

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.

$18.74 with Sanford Health Plan vs $70.27 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.

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 $18.74 ↓ -91%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $21.37 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $22.05 ↓ -90%
Security Health Plan Commercial $22.62 ↓ -90%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $25.14 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Commercial $28.79 ↓ -87%
Ucare Commercial $28.91 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $31.30 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $33.73 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.34 ↓ -84%
Medica Choice $34.55 ↓ -84%
Medica Elect $36.98 ↓ -83%
Healthez Commercial $37.02 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Commercial $37.02 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $37.02 ↓ -83%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $37.02 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $53.14 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $53.14 ↓ -76%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $63.57 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $68.26 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $68.93 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $68.93 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $68.93 ↓ -68%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $68.93 ↓ -68%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $68.93 ↓ -68%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $70.27 ↓ -68%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Shrinker prosth below knee at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $86.54 $22.31 – $71.69
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $100.97 $32.05 – $133.04
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $86.54 $22.31 – $71.69
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $100.97 $32.05 – $133.04
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $73.86 $33.43 – $107.87
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $86.54 $22.31 – $71.69
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $100.97 $32.05 – $133.04
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $100.97 $32.05 – $133.04

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