Culture fungi other (except blood) at Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro

12 3rd St SE, Hillsboro, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1184725194

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$65.60

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.

$82.00

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.

$13.07 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $50.15 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota PMAP $13.07 ↓ -80%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $24.62 ↓ -62%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $26.46 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $26.68 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $26.68 ↓ -59%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $26.68 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $26.68 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $26.68 ↓ -59%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $27.22 ↓ -59%
Security Health Plan Commercial $29.70 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $35.06 ↓ -47%
Health Partners Commercial $42.12 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $42.63 ↓ -35%
Medica Choice $44.55 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $45.09 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $46.93 ↓ -28%
Ucare Commercial $47.44 ↓ -28%
Medica Elect $47.63 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Commercial $48.60 ↓ -26%
Healthez Commercial $48.60 ↓ -26%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $48.60 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $49.96 ↓ -24%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial $50.15 ↓ -24%

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Culture fungi other (except blood) at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $65.60 $13.07 – $48.60
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck not published $7.99 – $17.22
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo not published $7.99 – $17.22

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