Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm at Sanford Medical Center Bismarck

300 N 7th Street, Bismarck, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1538245634

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$310.29

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.

$387.86

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.

$21.72 with Sanford Health Plan vs $61.66 with Healthez — 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 $21.72 ↓ -93%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $24.75 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $25.56 ↓ -92%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $29.14 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Commercial $31.51 ↓ -90%
Security Health Plan Commercial $37.68 ↓ -88%
Medica Choice $46.66 ↓ -85%
Ucare Commercial $48.16 ↓ -84%
Medica Elect $49.94 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $50.01 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $56.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $57.96 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Commercial $61.66 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial $61.66 ↓ -80%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $61.66 ↓ -80%
Healthez Commercial $61.66 ↓ -80%
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Applicator tag rfid localizer 12gx7cm at other North-dakota hospitals

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Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $289.66 $1.00 – $97.07

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