Avelumab 20 mg/ml intravenous solution at Sanford Fargo Medical Center

5225 23rd Ave S, Fargo, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1528009412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,453.81

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.

$3,067.26

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.

$90.89 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $2,760.53 with First Choice Health Network — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $90.89 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $90.89 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $95.08 ↓ -96%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $102.09 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $103.09 ↓ -96%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $105.09 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $109.53 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $109.53 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $109.53 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $109.53 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Commercial $114.04 ↓ -95%
Medica Choice $1,380.27 ↓ -44%
Medica Elect $1,475.35 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $1,686.99 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $1,944.64 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $2,155.98 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $2,622.51 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,671.58 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $2,760.53 ↑ +12%
Healthez Commercial $2,760.53 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Commercial $2,760.53 ↑ +12%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,760.53 ↑ +12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —

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Avelumab 20 mg/ml intravenous solution at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $2,572.71 $95.08 – $2,894.29
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro not published $114.04 – $114.04
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville not published $114.04 – $114.04

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