Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at Sanford Medical Center Bismarck
300 N 7th Street, Bismarck, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1538245634
$544.00
Cash price 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.
$680.00
Gross charge 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.
$44.27 with Sanford Health Plan vs $612.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Sanford Health Plan | Group Health/True | $44.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange Commercial | $44.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers | $44.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $44.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $288.98 | ↓ -47% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $310.27 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $312.80 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $313.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $313.32 | ↓ -42% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $313.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Medicare Replacement | $313.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $313.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $319.40 | ↓ -41% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $374.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Choice | $463.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $477.97 | ↓ -12% |
| Medica | Elect | $495.72 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | CSP Top 20 | $496.40 | ↓ -9% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $564.40 | ↑ +4% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $575.28 | ↑ +6% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $612.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $612.00 | ↑ +13% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $612.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $612.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) at other North-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center | Fargo | $557.60 | $44.27 – $627.30 |