IV push injection cost in Fargo, ND
In Fargo, ND-MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for IV push of a medicine, first drug: from $209.25 to $416.00, with a median of $312.63. The lowest listed price is at Essentia Health Fargo — $103.38 less than the median here. Across North Dakota, the median is $295.20 at 25 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 96374, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Mar 4, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fargo, ND-MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentia Health Fargo lowest Fargo, ND · (701) 364-8000 IV PUSH, SINGLE/1ST DRUG | $209.25 | $279.00 | $74.77–$237.15 | 25% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND · (701) 234-2000 IV PUSH INITIAL | $416.00 | $520.00 | $36.62–$468.00 | 20% | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND · (701) 234-2000 ED 96374 THER PROPH DIAG INJ IV PUSH INITIAL | $416.00 | $520.00 | $36.62–$468.00 | 20% | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $209.25, median $312.63, highest $416.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $312.63. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
An IV push is a medicine given quickly through an IV line by a nurse, such as an anti-nausea drug or pain medicine in the emergency department. The code covers giving the medicine, not the drug itself.
What the price covers
The price covers a nurse giving the medicine through an IV line that is already in place. The drug, starting the IV and the visit itself are separate lines.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 96374 ($233.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, NDCDMR IV PUSH INITIAL SELF ADM DRUG GY | $20.00 | file |
| Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, NDCDMR ED 96374 IV PUSH INITIAL SELF ADM DRUG GY | $20.00 | file |