Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) 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

$128.00

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.

$160.00

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.

$38.74 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $148.59 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 $38.74 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $72.96 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $78.40 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $79.04 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $79.04 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $79.04 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $79.04 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $79.04 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $80.64 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $88.00 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $103.87 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $124.80 ↓ -3%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $126.30 ↓ -1%
Medica Choice $132.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $133.60 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $139.04 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $140.58 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $141.12 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $144.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $144.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $144.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $148.03 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial $148.59 ↑ +16%

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Dhea-s (dehydroepiand sulfate) at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $128.00 $38.74 – $144.00
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck not published $21.12 – $45.52
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo not published $21.12 – $45.52

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