CMS Price Transparency Data

Trauma team activation

Facility: Sanford Medical Center Bismarck

Billing Code: G0390 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,343

about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate · typically $1,343–$1,997

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,363

About the fair price

about $20 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,362 Fair price $1,343 This hospital $1,363 Cash price $2,387 Hospital's list price $2,984

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How this hospital compares to other ND hospitals

Highest price of the 9 ND hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $607 Priciest $1,363

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

A fair price for a Trauma team activation is about $1,343 (about 1.0× the $1,362 Medicare rate). Sanford Medical Center Bismarck charges insurers about $1,363, or about $2,387 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bismarck, 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	$450 - $7,874	33%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$220 - $4,841	16%
Aetnamajor	$488 - $7,229	36%
Cignamajor	$819 - $7,610	60%
Health Net	$819 - $8,044	60%
HealthPartners	$450 - $3,932	33%
Medica	$764 - $6,444	56%
Sanford Health Plan	$415 - $4,508	30%
Security Health Plan	$500 - $4,916	37%
UCare	$446 - $6,283	33%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$459 - $8,044

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 2,387), 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0390.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sanford Medical Center Bismarck is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0390.
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 Bismarck

Compare: Trauma team activation at other ND hospitals

Linton Hospital - Cah · Linton $607
Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center · Elgin $695
CHI St Alexius Health Dickinson · Dickinson $1,077
Garrison Memorial Hospital · Garrison $1,153
CHI St Alexius Health Turtle Lake · Turtle Lake $1,275
Essentia Health · Fargo $1,323
Trinity Hospitals · Minot $1,362
Sanford Medical Center Fargo · Fargo $1,363

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