70/100
#652 nationally
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
1300 Anne St Nw, Bemidji, MN 56601 · (218) 751-5430
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center billed $3.84 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #30
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
623 | $9,533 | $2,323 | -19% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
273 | $15,849 | $2,721 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $22,688 | $3,254 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
172 | $1,084 | $681 | -65% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $39,684 | $13,100 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $49,941 | $15,810 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $7,420 | $1,925 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $35,207 | $10,074 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $4,822 | $1,603 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $4,279 | $2,031 | -67% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$34,566 | $6,549 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,812 | $5,698 | +6% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$79,689 | $21,411 | +4% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$37,243 | $8,423 | -5% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$31,062 | $6,994 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,610 | $10,823 | -6% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$44,979 | $9,702 | -7% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$27,624 | $6,387 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,820 | $2,330 | -74% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,262 | $3,800 | -70% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,279 | $2,031 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,084 | $681 | -65% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,298 | $1,602 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,824 | $2,833 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,885 | $3,227 | -61% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,595 | $3,117 | -58% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.