Clsd tx metacarp fx w/manip&ext fix ea bone 26607 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

$4,188.00

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.

$5,235.00

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.

$518.62 with Sanford Health Plan vs $4,711.50 with Cigna — 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 $518.62 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $518.62 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $518.62 ↓ -88%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $518.62 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Commercial $2,408.10 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2,879.25 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $3,082.38 ↓ -26%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,309.50 ↓ -21%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,341.95 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,341.95 ↓ -20%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,341.95 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $3,341.95 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,341.95 ↓ -20%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,406.84 ↓ -19%
Medica Choice $3,565.04 ↓ -15%
Ucare Commercial $3,679.68 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $3,816.32 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $3,821.55 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,345.05 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $4,428.81 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $4,711.50 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $4,711.50 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4,711.50 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $4,711.50 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Clsd tx metacarp fx w/manip&ext fix ea bone 26607 at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro $3,164.00 $957.51 – $3,559.50
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $3,164.00 $957.51 – $3,559.50
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $3,224.00 $518.62 – $3,627.00

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