Collar extrication adult univ 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

$1,258.86

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.

$1,573.57

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.

$97.33 with Health Partners vs $832.95 with Sanford Health Plan — 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 $97.33 ↓ -92%
Medica Choice $106.82 ↓ -92%
Medica Elect $114.18 ↓ -91%
Security Health Plan Commercial $130.56 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $150.50 ↓ -88%
Ucare Commercial $166.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $202.96 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $206.76 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Commercial $213.64 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $213.64 ↓ -83%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $213.64 ↓ -83%
Healthez Commercial $213.64 ↓ -83%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $597.84 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $629.31 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $641.90 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $648.19 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $660.78 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $689.88 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $689.88 ↓ -45%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $708.04 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $791.29 ↓ -37%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $832.95 ↓ -34%
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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Collar extrication adult univ at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $1,049.05 $597.84 – $1,180.18

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