Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 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

$1,126.40

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.

$1,408.00

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.

$340.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,307.61 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 $340.88 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $642.05 ↓ -43%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $689.92 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $695.55 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $695.55 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $695.55 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $695.55 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $695.55 ↓ -38%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $709.63 ↓ -37%
Security Health Plan Commercial $774.40 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $914.07 ↓ -19%
Health Partners Commercial $1,098.24 ↓ -3%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $1,111.48 ↓ -1%
Medica Choice $1,161.60 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $1,175.68 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,223.55 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,237.07 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $1,241.86 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $1,267.20 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,267.20 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,267.20 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1,302.68 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial $1,307.61 ↑ +16%

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Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $920.80 $318.89 – $1,035.90
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $1,126.40 $340.88 – $1,267.20
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo not published $318.89 – $642.74

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