Collagen based wound filler 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

$1,663.20

Cash price

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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.

$2,079.00

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.

$1.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $753.48 with Multiplan — 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 $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1.00 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $41.11 ↓ -98%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $43.27 ↓ -97%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $44.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $44.57 ↓ -97%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $45.43 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $48.68 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $54.41 ↓ -97%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $57.27 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Commercial $343.25 ↓ -79%
Medica Choice $376.74 ↓ -77%
Medica Elect $402.69 ↓ -76%
Security Health Plan Commercial $460.46 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $530.78 ↓ -68%
Ucare Commercial $588.47 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $715.81 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $729.20 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $753.48 ↓ -55%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $753.48 ↓ -55%
Healthez Commercial $753.48 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial $753.48 ↓ -55%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital

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Collagen based wound filler at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $827.20 $41.11 – $930.60

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