Sanford Bemidji Medical Center

1300 Anne St NW, Bemidji, MN 56601 · (218) 751-5430

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$5.3Mnet income, all sources

−18.4%margin on patient care alone

$2.6Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)

$7.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

110beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	127	$49,941	$15,810
Heart failure, with major complications 291	96	$35,207	$10,074
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	46	$34,360	$10,850
Heart attack, with major complications 280	43	$42,286	$12,342
Lung infection, with major complications 177	39	$42,817	$12,847
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	35	$23,596	$6,200
Respiratory failure 189	32	$44,979	$9,702
Heart catheterization 287	30	$43,862	$8,450
Heart stent 322	28	$79,757	$14,050
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	27	$35,694	$9,028
Sepsis 872	23	$37,243	$8,423
Heart attack, with complications 281	20	$31,317	$7,078
Urinary tract infection 690	20	$27,624	$6,387
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	19	$34,089	$9,248
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	18	$35,910	$7,828
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	18	$92,542	$22,459
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	18	$41,749	$10,155
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	18	$28,006	$6,168
COPD, with major complications 190	17	$32,293	$8,577
Pneumonia, with complications 194	17	$34,566	$6,549
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	17	$27,386	$7,729
Diabetes, with complications 638	16	$30,071	$7,155
Kidney failure, with complications 683	16	$31,062	$6,994
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	16	$59,993	$16,146
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	15	$22,969	$6,368
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	15	$48,260	$17,071
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	14	$106,598	$37,389
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	13	$50,371	$16,110
Stroke, with major complications 064	12	$79,689	$21,411
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	12	$25,000	$6,933

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