Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at Sanford Medical Center Mayville

42 6th Ave SE, Mayville, ND · Sanford Health · · NPI 1518061803

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,440.00

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.

$1,800.00

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.

$435.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $1,671.66 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 $435.78 ↓ -70%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $889.20 ↓ -38%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $954.00 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $964.80 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $964.80 ↓ -33%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $964.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $964.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $964.80 ↓ -33%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $982.80 ↓ -32%
Security Health Plan Commercial $990.00 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $1,220.04 ↓ -15%
Health Partners Commercial $1,404.00 ↓ -3%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True/SD Exchange True $1,420.92 ↓ -1%
Medica Choice $1,485.00 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,503.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $1,564.20 ↑ +9%
Ucare Commercial $1,581.48 ↑ +10%
Medica Elect $1,587.60 ↑ +10%
Multiplan Commercial $1,620.00 ↑ +13%
Healthez Commercial $1,620.00 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,620.00 ↑ +13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $1,665.36 ↑ +16%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $1,671.66 ↑ +16%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other North-dakota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro $1,440.00 $435.78 – $1,620.00
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $1,649.60 $136.15 – $1,855.80
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck not published $136.15 – $253.81

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