Foot plas heel stabi pre ots 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

$43.73

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.

$54.66

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.

$2.05 with Health Partners vs $82.02 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 $2.05 ↓ -95%
Medica Choice $2.25 ↓ -95%
Medica Elect $2.41 ↓ -94%
Security Health Plan Commercial $2.76 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $3.18 ↓ -93%
Ucare Commercial $3.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial $4.28 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial $4.36 ↓ -90%
Healthez Commercial $4.51 ↓ -90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $4.51 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Commercial $4.51 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $4.51 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $56.86 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $56.86 ↑ +30%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $58.87 ↑ +35%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $61.97 ↑ +42%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $63.21 ↑ +45%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $63.83 ↑ +46%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $65.07 ↑ +49%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $69.72 ↑ +59%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $77.92 ↑ +78%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $82.02 ↑ +88%
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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Foot plas heel stabi pre ots at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $30.47 $16.39 – $65.07

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