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

$20.04

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.

$25.05

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.

$4.94 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota vs $18.95 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 $4.94 ↓ -75%
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $10.08 ↓ -50%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $10.82 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $10.94 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $10.94 ↓ -45%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $10.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $10.94 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $10.94 ↓ -45%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $11.14 ↓ -44%
Security Health Plan Commercial $11.23 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Commercial $13.83 ↓ -31%
Health Partners Commercial $15.92 ↓ -21%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True/SD Exchange True $16.11 ↓ -20%
Medica Choice $16.84 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.04 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $17.74 ↓ -11%
Ucare Commercial $17.93 ↓ -11%
Medica Elect $18.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan Commercial $18.37 ↓ -8%
Healthez Commercial $18.37 ↓ -8%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $18.37 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Commercial $18.88 ↓ -6%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers/SD Exchange Commercial $18.95 ↓ -5%

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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 Hillsboro Hillsboro $33.25 $9.66 – $35.90
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo $50.16 $1.00 – $30.83

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