Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12045 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

$967.20

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.

$1,209.00

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.

$273.62 with Sanford Health Plan vs $1,109.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota — 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
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $273.62 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $273.62 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $273.62 ↓ -72%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $273.62 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $457.59 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Commercial $495.69 ↓ -49%
Medica Choice $544.05 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $581.52 ↓ -40%
Medica Elect $581.53 ↓ -40%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $624.37 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $630.49 ↓ -35%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $642.74 ↓ -34%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $658.24 ↓ -32%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $658.24 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $664.95 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $766.51 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $849.81 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $1,033.70 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,053.04 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $1,088.10 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,088.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $1,088.10 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $1,088.10 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1,109.03 ↑ +15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12045 at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $940.00 $273.62 – $1,057.50
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro $862.40 $260.98 – $970.20
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $862.40 $260.98 – $970.20

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