76/100
#471 nationally
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
801 Broadway North, Fargo, ND 58122 · (701) 234-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sanford Medical Center Fargo billed $3.34 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 236
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ND
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
828 | $990 | $640 | -68% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
756 | $13,283 | $2,561 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
641 | $5,755 | $1,520 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
618 | $35,621 | $12,304 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
567 | $9,395 | $1,780 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
511 | $5,538 | $1,907 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
450 | $7,596 | $2,179 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
380 | $23,873 | $3,060 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
373 | $48,040 | $16,626 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
327 | $8,904 | $1,810 | -22% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Personality and Impulse Control
MS-DRG 883 · Inpatient stay |
$112,995 | $25,541 | +148% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,636 | $5,152 | +15% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$147,952 | $34,383 | about average |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$52,396 | $15,949 | about average |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$32,517 | $7,833 | about average |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$55,347 | $15,579 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,873 | $3,060 | -5% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$33,504 | $5,954 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,808 | $1,430 | -72% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$990 | $640 | -68% |
|
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 016 · Inpatient stay |
$77,664 | $52,109 | -68% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$37,175 | $16,685 | -62% |
|
Pneumothorax with Major Complications
MS-DRG 199 · Inpatient stay |
$31,895 | $14,515 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,574 | $1,591 | -60% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$34,671 | $14,172 | -60% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$104,452 | $45,195 | -59% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.