CMS Price Transparency Data

MRI, knee or other leg joint

Facility: Sanford Medical Center Fargo

Billing Code: 73721 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$248

about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $248–$368

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$249

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $248 This hospital $249 Cash price $2,904 Hospital's list price $3,630

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How this hospital compares to other ND hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 ND hospitals compared.

Cheapest $156 Priciest $867

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 ND hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a MRI, knee or other leg joint is about $248 (about 1.0× the $244 Medicare rate). Sanford Medical Center Fargo charges insurers about $249, or about $2,904 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fargo, ND.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$249 - $3,162	102%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$179 - $433	73%
Aetnamajor	$249 - $3,104	102%
Cignamajor	$3,267	1340%
Health Net	$3,267	1340%
HealthPartners	$249 - $1,488	102%
Medica	$1,634 - $1,746	670%
Sanford Health Plan	$208 - $230	85%
Security Health Plan	$1,996	819%
UCare	$247 - $2,552	101%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$254 - $3,267

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,904), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 73721.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sanford Medical Center Fargo is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73721.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Sanford Medical Center Fargo

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.