Bronchoscopy revise stent 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

$5,600.80

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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.

$7,001.00

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.

$239.67 with Sanford Health Plan vs $12,085.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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 Group Health/True $239.67 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $239.67 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $239.67 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $239.67 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Commercial $2,870.41 ↓ -49%
Medica Choice $3,150.45 ↓ -44%
Medica Elect $3,367.48 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $3,850.55 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $4,438.63 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $4,921.00 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $4,986.73 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $5,985.86 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,097.87 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $6,300.90 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $6,300.90 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $6,300.90 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $6,300.90 ↑ +13%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $6,576.35 ↑ +17%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $7,060.92 ↑ +26%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $7,130.14 ↑ +27%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $7,173.31 ↑ +28%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $7,173.31 ↑ +28%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $7,268.59 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $12,085.88 ↑ +116%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Bronchoscopy revise stent at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck not published $239.67 – $7,268.59

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