Episiotomy/vag rpr oth/thn attending phys 59300 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

$2,523.20

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.

$3,154.00

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.

$148.13 with Sanford Health Plan vs $3,338.51 with Primewest — 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 Commercial $148.13 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $148.13 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $148.13 ↓ -94%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $148.13 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Commercial $1,450.84 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,734.70 ↓ -31%
Medica Choice $2,147.87 ↓ -15%
Ucare Commercial $2,216.95 ↓ -12%
Medica Elect $2,299.27 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $2,302.42 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,617.82 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $2,668.28 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $2,838.60 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $2,838.60 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,838.60 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $2,838.60 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $3,020.55 ↑ +20%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $3,243.12 ↑ +29%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $3,274.92 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $3,274.92 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $3,274.92 ↑ +30%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $3,274.92 ↑ +30%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $3,274.92 ↑ +30%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $3,338.51 ↑ +32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Episiotomy/vag rpr oth/thn attending phys 59300 at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro $1,607.20 $486.38 – $1,808.10
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $1,607.20 $486.38 – $1,808.10
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo not published $148.13 – $3,276.65

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