Hla i typing complete lr 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

$788.00

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.

$985.00

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.

$216.20 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $829.33 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 $216.20 ↓ -73%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $407.21 ↓ -48%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $437.57 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $441.14 ↓ -44%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $441.14 ↓ -44%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $441.14 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $441.14 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $441.14 ↓ -44%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $450.07 ↓ -43%
Security Health Plan Commercial $491.15 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $579.74 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Commercial $696.54 ↓ -12%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $704.93 ↓ -11%
Medica Choice $736.73 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $745.66 ↓ -5%
Aetna Commercial $776.02 ↓ -2%
Ucare Commercial $784.59 ↓ -0%
Medica Elect $787.63 ↓ -0%
Multiplan Commercial $803.70 ↑ +2%
Healthez Commercial $803.70 ↑ +2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $803.70 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $826.20 ↑ +5%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial $829.33 ↑ +5%

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Hla i typing complete lr at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $720.00 $383.41 – $826.51
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $788.00 $216.20 – $803.70
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $568.00 $291.10 – $826.51

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