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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro
12 3rd St SE, Hillsboro, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1184725194
$24.00
Cash price 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.
$30.00
Gross charge 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.
$5.33 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $20.43 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | PMAP | $5.33 | ↓ -78% |
| Sanford Health Plan Align | Medicare Replacement | $10.03 | ↓ -58% |
| Ucare | Medicare Replacement | $10.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medicare Replacement | $10.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Medicare Replacement | $10.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Great Plains Medicare Advantage | Medicare Replacement | $10.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Partners | Medicare Replacement | $10.87 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Replacement | $10.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Primewest | Medicare Replacement | $11.09 | ↓ -54% |
| Security Health Plan | Commercial | $12.10 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota | Commercial | $14.28 | ↓ -41% |
| Health Partners | Commercial | $17.16 | ↓ -29% |
| Sanford Health Plan | SD Exchange True | $17.37 | ↓ -28% |
| Medica | Choice | $18.15 | ↓ -24% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial + Top 20 | $18.37 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $19.12 | ↓ -20% |
| Ucare | Commercial | $19.33 | ↓ -19% |
| Medica | Elect | $19.40 | ↓ -19% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $19.80 | ↓ -18% |
| Healthez | Commercial | $19.80 | ↓ -18% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $19.80 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota | Commercial | $20.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Sanford Health Plan | Commercial/ND Pers/Group Health/True/SD Exchange Commercial | $20.43 | ↓ -15% |
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Urinalysis (without microscopy) at other North-dakota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Medical Center Mayville | Mayville | $24.00 | $5.33 – $19.80 |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center | Fargo | $9.60 | $2.14 – $10.80 |
| Sanford Medical Center Bismarck | Bismarck | not published | $2.14 – $4.61 |