Vaccine rabies im 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

$700.61

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.

$875.76

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.

$224.51 with Health Partners vs $439.25 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
Health Partners Commercial $224.51 ↓ -68%
Security Health Plan Commercial $268.43 ↓ -62%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $298.00 ↓ -57%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $319.95 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $323.09 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $323.09 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $323.09 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $323.09 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $323.09 ↓ -54%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $329.36 ↓ -53%
Medica Choice $332.37 ↓ -53%
Ucare Commercial $343.06 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $343.27 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $343.27 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $343.27 ↓ -51%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $343.27 ↓ -51%
Medica Elect $355.80 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $356.28 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $405.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial $412.90 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Commercial $439.25 ↓ -37%
Healthez Commercial $439.25 ↓ -37%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $439.25 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $439.25 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Vaccine rabies im at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro $430.84 $130.38 – $484.69
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $890.76 $250.98 – $1,002.10

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