Degarelix 120 mg subcutaneous solution 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

$1,050.66

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,313.32

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.

$4.23 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $861.17 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

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 Align Medicare Replacement $4.23 ↓ -100%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $4.54 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $4.58 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $4.58 ↓ -100%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $4.58 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $4.58 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $4.58 ↓ -100%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $4.67 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $4.87 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $4.87 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $4.87 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $4.87 ↓ -100%
Health Partners Commercial $440.15 ↓ -58%
Security Health Plan Commercial $526.27 ↓ -50%
Medica Choice $651.61 ↓ -38%
Ucare Commercial $672.57 ↓ -36%
Medica Elect $697.54 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $698.50 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $794.19 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial $809.50 ↓ -23%
Multiplan Commercial $861.17 ↓ -18%
Healthez Commercial $861.17 ↓ -18%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $861.17 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $861.17 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Degarelix 120 mg subcutaneous solution at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $1,533.16 $4.13 – $1,724.81

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