Chemotx admn pertl cav impl 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

$695.20

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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.

$869.00

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.

$20.31 with Sanford Health Plan vs $782.10 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

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 Commercial/ND Pers $20.31 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $20.31 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $20.31 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $20.31 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $246.76 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $315.11 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $338.32 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $341.64 ↓ -51%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $348.27 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $354.95 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $354.95 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Commercial $387.20 ↓ -44%
Medica Choice $391.05 ↓ -44%
Medica Elect $417.99 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $477.95 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $550.95 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $598.04 ↓ -14%
Ucare Commercial $610.82 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $743.00 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $756.90 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $782.10 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $782.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $782.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $782.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Chemotx admn pertl cav impl at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $646.40 $20.31 – $727.20
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro not published $387.20 – $387.20
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville not published $387.20 – $387.20

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