Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, North Dakota 58122 · (701) 234-2000
Acute Care Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Private
Data last updated: 2026-02-20
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Your Insurance Plan
Sanford Medical Center Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota receives a BillKarma billing grade of F based on an average markup of 15.6x Medicare rates across 12 procedures in their published price transparency file. This places it among the 10 most expensive hospitals in North Dakota by markup ratio. The highest individual markups are for Joint Injection (drainage) (30.9x Medicare) and Wound Debridement (24.2x Medicare). Patients with scheduled procedures at this hospital should review costs and compare nearby alternatives before confirming — charges at D and F grade hospitals are significantly above the national average.
Billing Profile
Last updated: 2026-02-20
Cash discount data sourced from hospital price transparency files. "Not reported" means the hospital did not include this in their posted file.
Billing Grade Position
This hospital is currently graded F based on markup vs Medicare.
Common Procedure Prices
Last updated: 2026-02-20
| CPT | Description | Hospital | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20610 | Joint Injection (drainage) | $1228.00 | $39.75 | 30.9x |
| 11042 | Wound Debridement | $1348.00 | $55.78 | 24.2x |
| 43239 | Egd biopsy single/multiple | $2775.00 | $123.58 | 22.5x |
| 72148 | Mri lumbar spine w/o dye | $3716.00 | $191.72 | 19.4x |
| 72141 | Mri neck spine w/o dye | $3693.00 | $190.72 | 19.4x |
| 45378 | Diagnostic colonoscopy | $2710.00 | $164.67 | 16.5x |
| 70551 | Mri brain stem w/o dye | $3180.00 | $195.40 | 16.3x |
| 70553 | Mri brain stem w/o & w/dye | $4687.00 | $316.97 | 14.8x |
| 71045 | X-ray exam chest 1 view | $340.00 | $25.38 | 13.4x |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy w/lesion removal | $2710.00 | $223.45 | 12.1x |
| 71046 | X-ray exam chest 2 views | $393.00 | $33.07 | 11.9x |
| 59025 | Fetal non-stress test | $522.00 | $50.44 | 10.3x |
| 10060 | Abscess Drainage | $604.00 | $100.54 | 6.0x |
Color key: green <2x · yellow 2–5x · red >5x Medicare
Location
Map shows Sanford Medical Center Fargo at 801 BROADWAY NORTH, Fargo, North Dakota, 58122. Nearby hospitals within 50 miles include Sanford Mayville (49.3 miles).
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Last updated: 2026-02-20
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How we grade this hospital
BillKarma calculates billing grades by comparing each hospital's gross charges to the 2026 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rate for the same CPT codes. We download and parse each hospital's CMS-mandated price transparency file, match procedure codes to Medicare benchmarks, calculate a markup ratio for each matched procedure, and average those ratios across all matched procedures to produce the hospital's overall markup.
Grade thresholds: A = 2.0x Medicare or less · B = 2.1x–3.0x · C = 3.1x–5.0x · D = 5.1x–8.0x · F = More than 8.0x Medicare
Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files (updated annually), CMS OPPS 2026 Final Rule, CMS Hospital Compare (star ratings). Grades are recalculated when hospitals post updated price files. Last file parse date is shown above.