Sling pelv split sam med 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

$147.38

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.

$184.22

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.

$19.17 with Health Partners vs $96.66 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 $19.17 ↓ -87%
Medica Choice $21.04 ↓ -86%
Medica Elect $22.49 ↓ -85%
Security Health Plan Commercial $25.72 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare CSP Top 20 $29.65 ↓ -80%
Ucare Commercial $32.87 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $39.98 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.73 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Commercial $42.08 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $42.08 ↓ -71%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $42.08 ↓ -71%
Healthez Commercial $42.08 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $69.38 ↓ -53%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $73.03 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $74.49 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $75.22 ↓ -49%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $76.68 ↓ -48%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $82.17 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $82.55 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $82.55 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $91.83 ↓ -38%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $96.66 ↓ -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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Sling pelv split sam med at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $215.23 $18.47 – $76.68

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