Kit hfx iq ipg bundle 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

$49,121.28

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.

$61,401.60

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 $46,902.24 with Healthez — 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 Commercial $1.00 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $1.00 ↓ -100%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $14,471.95 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $16,499.17 ↓ -66%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $17,025.51 ↓ -65%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $19,412.32 ↓ -60%
Health Partners Commercial $21,366.58 ↓ -57%
Medica Choice $23,451.12 ↓ -52%
Medica Elect $25,066.64 ↓ -49%
Security Health Plan Commercial $28,662.48 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $33,040.02 ↓ -33%
Ucare Commercial $36,630.65 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $44,557.13 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Commercial $45,390.95 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial $46,902.24 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial $46,902.24 ↓ -5%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $46,902.24 ↓ -5%
Healthez Commercial $46,902.24 ↓ -5%
Primewest Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Health Partners Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care not published by hospital —
Ucare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
Aetna Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement not published by hospital —

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Kit hfx iq ipg bundle at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $48,366.56 $15,148.12 – $42,993.72

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