Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) 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

$33.25

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.

$41.56

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.

$9.66 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $37.05 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 $9.66 ↓ -71%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $18.19 ↓ -45%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $19.55 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $19.71 ↓ -41%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $19.71 ↓ -41%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $19.71 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $19.71 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $19.71 ↓ -41%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $20.10 ↓ -40%
Security Health Plan Commercial $21.94 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $25.90 ↓ -22%
Health Partners Commercial $31.11 ↓ -6%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $31.49 ↓ -5%
Medica Choice $32.91 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $33.31 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial $34.66 ↑ +4%
Ucare Commercial $35.05 ↑ +5%
Medica Elect $35.18 ↑ +6%
Multiplan Commercial $35.90 ↑ +8%
Healthez Commercial $35.90 ↑ +8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $35.90 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $36.91 ↑ +11%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial $37.05 ↑ +11%

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Iron sucrose 20 mg iron/ml intravenous solution (wrapper) at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $32.78 $11.89 – $33.74
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville $20.04 $4.94 – $18.37
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $50.16 $1.00 – $30.83

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