Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$15,597.60

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.

$19,497.00

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.

$616.82 with Sanford Health Plan vs $19,426.22 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 $616.82 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $616.82 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $616.82 ↓ -96%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $616.82 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Commercial $7,993.77 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $8,015.42 ↓ -49%
Medica Choice $8,773.65 ↓ -44%
Medica Elect $9,378.06 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $10,723.35 ↓ -31%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $10,773.54 ↓ -31%
Ucare Medicaid Managed Care $11,529.99 ↓ -26%
Primewest Medicaid Managed Care $11,529.99 ↓ -26%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $11,567.38 ↓ -26%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $11,680.79 ↓ -25%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $11,907.60 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $12,361.10 ↓ -21%
Ucare Commercial $13,704.44 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $16,669.94 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $16,981.89 ↑ +9%
Healthez Commercial $17,547.30 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $17,547.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial $17,547.30 ↑ +13%
Cigna Commercial $17,547.30 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $19,426.22 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial not published by hospital —

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck not published $616.82 – $11,907.60

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