Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for 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

$699.88

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.

$874.85

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.

$220.12 with Health Partners vs $483.20 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
Health Partners Commercial $220.12 ↓ -69%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $226.53 ↓ -68%
Medica Choice $241.60 ↓ -65%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $243.23 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $245.61 ↓ -65%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $250.38 ↓ -64%
Medica Elect $258.24 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $260.95 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $260.95 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $260.95 ↓ -63%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $260.95 ↓ -63%
Security Health Plan Commercial $295.29 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $340.39 ↓ -51%
Ucare Commercial $377.38 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $409.70 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $409.70 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $459.04 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Commercial $467.63 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $483.20 ↓ -31%
Healthez Commercial $483.20 ↓ -31%
Multiplan Commercial $483.20 ↓ -31%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $483.20 ↓ -31%
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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Carmustine 100 mg intravenous powder for solution at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $3,981.40 $226.53 – $4,479.07

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