Treat humerus fracture 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

$1,650.40

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.

$2,063.00

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.

$940.11 with Sanford Health Plan vs $5,682.27 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 $940.11 ↓ -43%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $1,071.93 ↓ -35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $1,105.97 ↓ -33%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,134.65 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1,159.48 ↓ -30%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $1,261.11 ↓ -24%
Health Partners Commercial $1,444.10 ↓ -13%
Ucare Commercial $1,450.08 ↓ -12%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $1,492.11 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,569.94 ↓ -5%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $1,602.06 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $1,617.76 ↓ -2%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $1,617.76 ↓ -2%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $1,617.76 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $1,617.76 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $1,617.76 ↓ -2%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $1,649.17 ↓ -0%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $1,680.43 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial $1,691.66 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,722.61 ↑ +4%
Medica Choice $1,732.92 ↑ +5%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $1,760.45 ↑ +7%
Medica Elect $1,854.64 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $1,856.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,856.70 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,856.70 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,856.70 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $5,682.27 ↑ +244%

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Treat humerus fracture at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,874.40 $567.24 – $2,108.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,650.40 $499.45 – $1,856.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,062.40 $514.87 – $1,649.17
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,874.40 $567.24 – $2,108.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,609.60 $691.12 – $1,810.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,609.60 $691.12 – $1,810.80
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $1,680.43 – $1,680.43
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $1,680.43 – $1,680.43

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