Upper ext fx orthosis rad/ul 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

$607.38

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.

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$759.22

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.

$176.23 with Sanford Health Plan vs $576.18 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
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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 $176.23 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $200.94 ↓ -67%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $207.33 ↓ -66%
Security Health Plan Commercial $212.70 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial $236.41 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Commercial $270.71 ↓ -55%
Ucare Commercial $271.83 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $294.30 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial $317.12 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Commercial $322.92 ↓ -47%
Medica Choice $324.85 ↓ -47%
Medica Elect $347.67 ↓ -43%
Healthez Commercial $348.06 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $348.06 ↓ -43%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $348.06 ↓ -43%
Multiplan Commercial $348.06 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $406.80 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial/Federal $406.80 ↓ -33%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $521.30 ↓ -14%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $559.71 ↓ -8%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $565.20 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $565.20 ↓ -7%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $565.20 ↓ -7%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $565.20 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $565.20 ↓ -7%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $576.18 ↓ -5%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Upper ext fx orthosis rad/ul at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $399.61 – $576.18

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