Sling suprapubic suburetheral 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

$17,960.80

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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.

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.

$22,451.00

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.

$578.33 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,641.42 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

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 $578.33 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $658.94 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $680.46 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $775.84 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Commercial $838.95 ↓ -95%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,003.09 ↓ -94%
Medica Choice $1,242.01 ↓ -93%
Ucare Commercial $1,281.95 ↓ -93%
Medica Elect $1,329.55 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,331.37 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,513.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $1,542.93 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Commercial $1,641.42 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial $1,641.42 ↓ -91%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,641.42 ↓ -91%
Healthez Commercial $1,641.42 ↓ -91%
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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Sling suprapubic suburetheral at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $19,593.60 $1.00 – $1,667.34

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